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Antoine Watteau, 'Three Studies of a Black Man's Head' [auction catalogue of the collection of Max J. Bonn, 1922] |
Out of 27 notes, sixteen are about drawings form various institutions:
- Ashmolean Museum (4 notes);
- British Museum (10 notes);
- Collection Royal Library, Windsor Castle (1 note);
- National Gallery of Scotland (1 note).
Eleven other notes describe works from private collections:
- Max J. Bonn (1877-1943), economist, collector of old master drawings (collection sold at Sotheby's, 14 February 1922) (1);
- Duke of Devonshire (Victor Cavendish, 1868-1938), collection of Chatsworth House (1);
- Alfred Drury (1856-1944), sculptor (1);
- Alfred E. Gathorne-Hardy (1845-1918), politician, a catalogue of his collection of drawings was published in 1902 (1);
- John P. Heseltine (1843-1929), stockbroker, artist and art collector, sold his collection to Colnaghi & Obach, 1912 (auctions followed in Amsterdam and London, 1913-1920) (1);
- Arthur Hungerford Pollen (1866-1937), journalist, businessman, inventor (1);
- Henry Oppenheimer (1859-1932), collector of prints, drawings, medals and antiquities (3);
- Edward G. Spencer Churchill (1876-1964), army officer, art collector, Trustee of The National Gallery (1).
In his twenty-seven notes, Ricketts discussed works by fifteen artists.
- Goya Sec.Ser.II-19
- Gravelot, Hubert François VIII-33
- Leonardo da Vinci Sec.Ser.III-3/4; Sec.Ser.III-5
- Leonardo da Vinci (Manner of) II-3
- Mantegna, Andrea III-6
- Michelangelo Sec Ser.II-6
- Pisanello I-10
- Pisanello (School of) I-11
- Raphael Sec.Ser.I-3; Sec.Ser.III-6; Sec.Ser.IV-6; Sec.Ser.IV-8; Sec.Ser.IV-9; Sec.Ser.V-7; Sec.Ser.VII-6
- Rossetti, Dante Gabriel Sec.Ser.V-20
- Rubens, Peter Paul I-20; II-22; II-23
- Stevens, Alfred Sec.Ser.I-19
- Van Dyck, Antony II-27
- Venetian School V-11
- Watteau, Antoine VIII-32; IX-27; Sec.Ser.IV-17; Sec.Ser.V-16