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Lot 17
Dutch school; 17th century."Portrait of a Lady in an Interior.Oil on panel.It has repainting, restorations and xylophagous remains.It has a board attached to the original support as a reinforcement.Measurements: 24.5 x 19.3 cm; 38.2 x 32.2 cm.It was undoubtedly in the painting of the Dutch school that the consequences of the political emancipation of the region, as well as the economic prosperity of the liberal bourgeoisie, were most openly manifested. The combination of the discovery of nature, objective observation, the study of the concrete, the appreciation of the everyday, the taste for the real and the material, the sensitivity to the apparently insignificant, meant that the Dutch artist was at one with the reality of everyday life, without seeking any ideal that was alien to that same reality. The painter did not seek to transcend the present and the materiality of objective nature or to escape from tangible reality, but to envelop himself in it, to become intoxicated by it through the triumph of realism, a realism of pure illusory fiction, achieved thanks to a perfect, masterly technique and a conceptual subtlety in the lyrical treatment of light. As a result of the break with Rome and the iconoclastic tendency of the Reformed Church, paintings with religious themes were eventually eliminated as a decorative complement with a devotional purpose, and mythological stories lost their heroic and sensual tone in accordance with the new society. Portraits, landscapes and animals, still lifes and genre painting were the thematic formulas that became valuable in their own right and, as objects of domestic furniture - hence the small size of the paintings - were acquired by individuals from almost all social classes and classes of society.
Lot 58
Roman school; 17th century."Still life with fruit and flowers".Oil on panel.It has a 20th century frame.Measurements: 12 x 28 cm; 24 x 37 cm (frame).Still life of landscape format that allows to house a large number of elements that make up the scene. In the centre of the scene there is a big vase full of flowers, which is accompanied by several fruits that are placed on the tabletop. The scene is accompanied by various elements such as a jug and several plates that stand out for their brilliance.The Italian Baroque school of still life painting enjoyed a spectacular development, leaving behind the splendour of the 16th century and progressing towards a clearly identifiable Baroque style. Artists such as Tommaso Realfonso, Nicola Casissa, Gaspare Lopez, Giacomo Nani and Baldassare de Caro continued the local tradition by specialising in the painting of flowers, fruit, fish and game, thus satisfying the demands of a vast clientele characterised by a new 17th-century taste. In addition to these artists, there are also the minor figures who are slowly emerging from an unjust oblivion, and some artists who worked between the 17th and 18th centuries, such as Francesco della Questa, Aniello Ascione, Nicola Malinconico, Gaetano Cusati, Onofrio Loth, Elena and Nicola Maria Recco, Giuseppe Ruoppolo and Andrea Belvedere. These Neapolitan still-life painters, who worked during the 17th and early 18th centuries, are known as "i generisti" and were important not only in their own environment but also, and especially, in Spain, where the development of the genre was clearly marked by Italian influence, particularly the contribution of the Neapolitan school. Today this school is considered one of the most outstanding within the Baroque still life genre. The distinguishing feature of Neapolitan Baroque painters was always their strong naturalistic character and their warm chromaticism, with a dominance of reddish and earthy tones.
Lot 156
A scarce Second War ‘North-West Europe’ Immediate M.M. group of eight awarded to Staff Sergeant T. H. E. Walters, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, for his repeated gallantry in an Armoured Recovery Vehicle extricating flaming tanks from battle positions and uncleared minefields Military Medal, G.VI.R. (7588463 Sjt. T. H. E. Walters. R.E.M.E.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (7588463 S/Sgt. T. H. E. Walters. R.E.M.E.); Imperial Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Talana Herbert Edward Walters) edge prepared prior to naming; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (7588463 S/Sgt. T. H. E. Walters. M.M. R.E.M.E.) number officially corrected on last, light contact marks, generally good very fine (8) £1,000-£1,400 --- M.M. London Gazette 12 April 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in North-West Europe.’ The original Recommendation states: ‘On 8 January 1945 “A” Squadron was detached to support 8 Infantry Brigade in the attack on Wanssum Wood, and Sergeant Walters in command of the Squadron A.R.V. accompanied it. A tank received a direct hit in Wanssum, and Sergeant Walters went up to it in its battle position under extremely heavy D.F. fire and towed it out although it was still on fire. He then went down to help the Canadians recover seven “Kangaroos” which were blown up on an uncleared minefield, and were under direct observed fire from the other side of Maas. Subsequently he went back to recover one of the Squadron’s tanks from the same minefield, but was driven back by the accuracy of the fire from the further bank; however, he returned after nightfall and worked on it until 02:00 the following morning in spite of continuing harassing fire and enemy patrols. During the period Sergeant Walters was in command of the only available A.R.V. and throughout displayed outstanding initiative in his efforts to recover the maximum number of vehicles and a complete disregard for his own safety.’ Talana Herbert Edward Walters was born on 2 December 1921 and served with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers during the Second World War. In civilian life he was employed at the Ministry of Defence, and was awarded the Imperial Service medal upon his retirement in 1987 (London Gazette 13 February 1987). He died in 1995.
Lot 481
Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Nive, Orthes (E. Harwood, First Commission Ensn. 32nd Ft.) [area in light italics contemporarily erased and re-engraved] edge bruising and nick to obverse edge, otherwise very fine £1,200-£1,600 --- Provenance: Glendining, November 1911 and July 1940; Spink, November 1978; Glendining, July 2000; Morton & Eden, July 2019. Edward Harwood served in the ranks of the 77th Foot and earned his first two clasps as Sergeant-Major in the regiment. The 77th took part in the ill-fated Walcheren Expedition in 1809 and landed in the Peninsula in July 1811, taking part in the battle at El Boden, the siege and capture of Ciudad Rodrigo and the siege and storming of Badajoz, on which occasion he received a wound from a canon shot. By the end of April 1812, the 77th could only muster 183 men from the original 850 that had landed 10 months earlier, so they spent the following 18 months on garrison duty at Lisbon or thereabouts. However, on 21 October 1813, Sergeant-Major Harwood was appointed to a commission as an Ensign in the 32nd Foot and subsequently took part in the battles of the Nive and Orthes. He was placed on half-pay on 25 December 1814, and in later life served as a Captain in the 2nd Somerset Militia. He was still listed in the Army List as late as 1860. In 1820, Harwood wrote to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary at Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to a suitable post of employment. In it he claims the he was ‘Descendant by many generations of Beneficed Clergymen’, and discusses family connections and his own military service in Europe was interrupted by contraction of ‘Fever and Ague at Walcheren, and by a Cannon shot wound Received while Storming the Castle of Badazos (sic).’ When he received his M.G.S. medal in 1849, he was clearly proud of his advancement to a commissioned officer rank and had ‘Serjt. Major 77th Foot’ erased from the edge and ‘First Commission’ engraved in its place. The rest of the naming is officially impressed as issued. Sold with a file of research including 2 CD’s with details of his post-war career and life.
Lot 351
HENRI JOSEPH PAUWELS (BELGIAN, 1903-1983)Still life of flowers in a vasesigned (lower right)oil on canvas-board66.5 x 64.5cmARRCondition reportThe board is generally sound; some traces of light surface dirt but good condition overall. Held in a modern wood and composite frame in fair condition.
Lot 374
AGNES HOLDING (BRITISH, 20TH CENTURY) (4)Still life of eggs in a nestsigned 'A Holding' (lower left)watercolour heightened with white18 x 27.5cmtogether with another watercolour by the same hand, Still life of flowers in a jug, signed, 20 x 17cm; and a pair of 19th century pencil and watercolour sketches of ladys, each 23.5 x 20cm(4)
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