Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2017 with funding from Getty Research Institute https://archive.org/details/catalogueofmostc02chri j 1 most Capital and Valuable Collection OF ITALIAN, FRENCH, FLEMISH, AND DUTCH PICTURES, THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE THOMAS HANKEY, Efq. Dec. [In purfuance of the DireBions of his IVtll) COLLECTED DURING THE COURSE OF A NUMBER OF YEARS, BY JOHN BERNARD, Esq. Univerfally efteemed for his correft Knowledge of the Fine Arts, and fuperior Tafte in the Line of the Virtu Selected from the fineft Colledlions, both Foreign and Domeftic, at a moft liberal Expence, and confifting of the undoubted Works of the following great and ellcemed MASTERS : L. da Vinci i P. Veronefe, y. Baffan, Proccajinoy Corregioy MaturinOy ParmegianOy H. Carracci y F. Laura y Sal. Rofay Claude y C. Marratt, Poujjiny BourdoHy BorgonionCy Zuccarelliy Canalettiy Van Dycky TenierSy Bergheniy Ruyfdaely Cuypy Van de Velde y fan SteeUy h^c. WILL BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. CHRISTIE, ON THE PREMISES, The North Side of Bedford Square, On Friday^ June 7, 1799, and following Day.^ AT TWELVE o’CLOCK. To be viewed Four Days preceding the Sale, by Tickets, to be had only in Pall Mall ; and to prevent improper Perfons from Intruding, no one will be admitted without a Ticket. Catalogues may be had at Two Shillings and Sixpence, (to be returned to Purchafers), on the Premifes, and in Pall Mall. g ■■■■ 0 CONDITIONS OF SALE. Ji higheft Bidder to be the Buyer; and if any Difpute arife between Two or more X Bidders, the Lot fo difputed fliall be put up again and re-fold. IT. No Perfon to advance lefs than is. Above Five Pounds, 2 S. 6d. and fo on in Pro- portion, III. The Purchafers to give in their Names and Places of Abode, if required, and to pay down 20I. per Cent, in Part of Payment of the Purchafe Money ; in Default of which, the Lot or Lots fo purchafed, to be immediately put up again, and re-fold. IV. The Lots to be abfolutely taken away with all Faults, at the Expence of the Purchafer, within One Day after the Sale. V. To prevent Inconveniences that frequently attend long and open Accounts, the Remainder of the Purchafe Money to be abfolutely paid on or before the Delivery. VI. Upon Failure of complying with the above Conditions, the Money depofued in Part of Payment fhall be forfeited ; all Lots uncleared w ithin the Time aforefaid, (hail be re-fold by Public or Private Sale; and the Deficiency (if any) attending fuch Re-fale, lhall be made good by the Defaulters at this Sale. A CATALOGUE, &c, &c. Firft Day’s Sale, FRIDAY, JUNE the 7th, 1799. :2 Raphael — • ^ Seb. Bourdon — * ^ ^Zuccarelli y, Han. Carracci /j G. Del Soli ■? ''5 Montegne ^ Spelt — ^^^Sal.Rora - ' ^ ^.deVeld. - 6 // " PiBures in the Back Drawing Room, — I The head of the Virgin^ by Ruffel, after- — 2 Virgin and Child 3 NarcifTus — 4 Virgin and Child . 5 Virgin’s head — 6 Apollo and Shepherd m 7 A man meditating 8 A pair of landfcapes with rocks, grand fcenes 9 A fmall fea piece, with a (hip on fire to A fmall landfcape and figures, on copper, highly finiflhed ( 4 ) ■i 4 4 -Laura _ . ^ ^ Ditto ^ Van Dyck — ^ ^ Seb. Ricci — . ^ S Co Marratt — Soleineni _ % ^ ^ Valentine =_ ^ ^ C. Marratt ^ ff Maturino — = __ ^ M Borgonione — ™ ^4 3 ^ Canaletti »» fo $C £ Cuyp _ y / Ditto — „ \0 / ^ ^ Seb. Ricci Gafpar Pouffin — n Glaucus and Scylla, fmall 12 Alpheus and Arethufa, ditto 13 The Virgin and Child, and St. Francis 14 The miraculous crofs of Padua 15 Ghrift in the garden r6 The adoration of the Virgin 17 A mufical converfation 18 The Holy Family with angels 19 Mathew, a very expreffive fine charader 20 A battle piece 21 A pair of views in Venice 22 A man', portraU, finely coloured, e,„ai to Rembrandt 23 A woman's portrait, ditto 24 The woman taken in adultery 25 A landjcape, a chafe grand feene, of the fineft clafs of ^ // // t'Uh.o _ _ ^ G. BafTan — this great mafier 26 The Companion with a boat, and of equal merit 27 The feaf of the Pharifees, full of fpirit, in BalTan’s befl; ftile ' ij ^Corregio 28 A heautlful elegant landjcape and figures 29 n. mar,,ri„„ ./ *. 3 cempofition re- / f} Zuccarelli plete with charaaer, and finely coloured 30 Th, fiph, into Egypt, a pious awe with tendernefs ^ Cuyp — — and affedion, finely exprelTed 31 A pleafng warm landjcape, with true effed of the funny lights illuminating the various pleafing objeds ( 5 ) I 2i 1/ a 33 /2 ^ • // z6 i I 2 / ^ /A 2 A IS !' Breughel and Van Balen Parmegiano — Zuccarelli — F. Laura — Albano — — Berghem and Crabbatie - Carlo Doki — - P. Veronefe — • P. De Koning — Claude — — C. Procaccino — Val. Caftelli — 32 Venus and Adonis, a fine piece of colouring, and great merit of execution by the two artifts 33 The Virgin and infant Chrijl, this artift is equal in grace and elegance to Raphael, of whom he was a fcholar 34 Nymphs /porting, a pleafing lively feene, of his beft time 35 The Zoning of St. Stephen; P. Laura formed his^^ manner on the wmrks of P. D. Cortona, whom he referables on a fmall fcale 36 God the Father. Few fubjeas can be imagined more trying to the powers of the artift, which Albano has exprefted in a noble ftile 37 A fine landfcape with the figures by Berghem, truly capital, by the united efforts of two fuch celebrated artifts 38 ar//? breaking bread, a divine dignity, finely con- ceived, one of his ftudied finifhed piaures 39 The crucifixion, a noble defign of this aweful fubjea, full of charaaer and fine effea 40 A landfcape, view in North Holland, refembles the works of Rembrandt, whofe principles and effea he had imbibed, capital 41 Afeaport, an extenfive grand view with buildings and [hipping, embelliftied with many figures 42 Holy Family, a capital piaure of this rare mafter 43 Pafi'age of the Red Sea, the fubjed finely conceived, and great effea of colouring OTy O T. Ruyfdael ^ ^ //! VanDyct'^1^' 2S 2 Giordaao yff { 6 ) 44 ^ hrg. and capital landfcap,, a true reprefentation of Nature; the figures by Wouvermans in his bcft ftile ; the union of fuch artiils renders the pidure invaluable 45 Madana and Child, a very graceful and lovely group, with a richnefs and brilliancy of colouring; the admiration of the Flemilh fchool 46 Convcrftcn .f St. Paul, a bold and matterly piaure. full of genius and animation End of the FirH: Day’s Sale. ( 7 ) O ><2><^^^^ 0'xSx>0«0''''<2>'^^fi >«Q>.-0'>0>><2x< '*2>'>0 ^^ Second Dav’s Sale, SATURDAY, JUNE the 8th, i799« - ^ V^.i■ 2 / 2 ^ L. Da Vinci — ' ^ Q ^ Franc Hals — Front Drawing Room, ^ ^ Rottenhamer -= I TThE Virgin and Child, finall /2 / / Ditto — /^i i^'/i 2 Ditto 2^ ^2 ^ Baughino — ' 3 The Virgin and dead Chrijl, a little cabinet jewel, full of expreffion and genius 4 The Virgin and Child, fmall 5 A man’s portrait, the finilhing and effed in his fuperior ftile ^ ^ Gerard Segers — 6 St, Sebaftian, and an angel drawing out an arrow ^ ^ ^ ‘ Y. D. Veldt 7 A fea piece, fine Ditto — 8 A ditto, fmaller I? 2. J/ ' De Neefs g Infide of a church, figures Teniers, a clear and perfeA 1^ /C / Pieure j ' Schalken — lo Venus and Cupid by candle-light, an elegant cabinet I • picture, full of beauty and perfedfion, on copper tj Cj ff Rottenhamer I 1 The battle of Centaurs and Lapitha, finely drawn, refembles the fine antique fculptures j ( 8 ) ^ Elfhamer 12 Chrijl with his dtfclples at Emaus, a mafter piece, the U S, /f finiftiing will bear the microfcopic examination Zuccarelli 11 A landfcape with rural figures, of great tafte and full of genius 7 - 7 - ^ Q. Matfys — 14 The Mifers, very curious and highly finilhed, fhews the true ftate and progrefs of the art in that early period // // Ber. Strorri 15 St. Peter with a fifh in his hand, a bold and fpirited 3 ^ // ^ performance Vidor — — . 16 Abraham putting away Hagar, equal to Rembrandt, ^j. // / whofe manner he ftrongly attained, being his fcholar Old Palma 17 Chrijl calling Zaccheus, a very ftriking pldure, finely 7 // / / compofed, with the harmony and force of the Ve- netian colouring Ditto ““ 18 The Angel comforting Elias, the companion ^// / L. Giordano — • 19 Battle of fojhua, a noble defign, full of energy, fuitable to the genius of the artift S ^ g M. Weft 20 The furrender of Calais, the admired model for the / large pidure in St. George’s Hall at Windfor 39 7 ’ Corregio 21 The Holy Family, the works of this great mafter are in the highft eftimation, a grace and fweetnefs 7 /- / ■ / evince the excellence of his art in ^e prefent fubjed, with a forcible effed of colouring F, Laura — 22 Chrift praying in the garden, nothing can be more expreflivc then the reprefentation ifi this beautiful cabinet pidure /2 / / Caftiglione — 23 Toblt burying the dead. A fubjed treated wilh all *5 ( 9 ) 3 / // - 7/ /f /& M // ■ //! : r 2 ■ /^ fy /7». 1 I I 1 I 24 Holy Family, elegant, evidently painted after ftudying the works of Titian 25 jin upright landjcape, a mountanous country, with Rottenhamcr Daniel de Voltarra — a pleafing effed of light, the figures peculiarly high finiflied 26 The ajjumption of the Virgin; this pidure has united the excellence of finlfliing, with the Venetian colour- ing ; the whole a grand and beautiful compofition on copper 27 Fhe entombing of Chriji, a true fpecimen of the well- deferved praife due to the works of this great \ Tv. % V. der Cabel ^ S. da Ferrara / ■ /^Jan Steen ^ — dt ?L ^P. Veronefe mafler 28 Nymphs dancing, a very pleafing pidure ; perfor- mances in this ftile are fcarce by V. D. C. 29 The Holy Family, the diflribution elegant, the draw- ing corred. Pidiires by this mailer are very rare and valuable 30 A fijherman and family; this artifl attained univerfal excellence in natural domeftic fcenes ; the charac- ters very exprellivc ; the colouring and finilhing equal to Ollade 31 The baptifm of Chriji by St. John; Paulo’s unbounded genius and elevated mind is fully proved in this grand compofition ; with the harmonious perfedion of the Venetian fchool of colouring V ?*• < \ ( I? ) • /S - /t eniers fCS ^ ^ Berghem < 1 ^ ^ ^ ^ W. Van de Velde -V ' 7 , ; /I ► Paul Brill and H. Carracci /^S / Lorrain 32 A landfcape, refembling the Alps, a mafterly perform- ance, touched with' all the brilliancy fo much admired in his fined works 33 Alandfcape, cattle, and figures, a warm glowing pic- ture, which combines the true excellencies and merit of Berghem, the fuperior of all Dutch land- fcape and animal painters 34 A Jea piece, exhibiting a large fleet of Dutch fhips, painted with accuracy and pidlurefque effedl, in which he excelled all marine painters 35 A landjcape, with cows in the water. This defirable pi£lure truly poflefTes all the merit of the efteemed artift, in its fulleft extent— a chef d’oeuvre 36 A landjcape. A grand rural fcene. The artift was vifibly infpired after feeing the works of the great Italian fchools, fupported by the hand of Hannibal, with figures finely adapted to the fcene 37 A landjcape. A chaje heautijul Jcene. A ferene fum- mer evening, with flocks and herdfmen retiring. The richnefs and gilding of the fetting fun on the fide of a ruin, the trees, and various parts have a moft admirable effetft. A very capital pidlure of this ineftimable mafter % F I N I S» i -■ r> . r / i 7 . I - >■ r. i.- ••• ■m - / \ y i I \ A ) : ' -V V I f '-:r V : ^ V. ’ ■■■ ■ , y-'i ^V:fc. V-..lv - ^ ’ V .: ■'■' , y 1 ■a: >V ', i,.: »., ■ ' I ■* ;-V: ;-• , . ■> V , ■ L .- ’ V. , ^^ «"-■„■ ’ - ■ ,..y S >-:^y • I' / / I