| | | | | | | | Document | Sale Catalog N-375 | |
| Auction House | Muys (Robert); Leen (Willem); Lamme (Arnoldus) -- from catalog: Muys; van Leen; Lamme | | Sale Location | Premises, Hoogstraat, vis à vis du Hoofdsteeg, Section K. No 48/51, Rotterdam, Netherlands | | Seller(s) | Luchtmans, Cornelis Jan, Dr.
from catalog: Un amateur à Rotterdam
from other sources: [Dr. Luchtmans] | | Lugt Number | 8868 | | Notes | The cover of the catalogue describes the owner as "Monsieur L..." but the title page says just "un Amateur." AA is inscribed on cover: "Dr Hn Luchtmans à Rotterdam." The title page is also inscr "Luchtmans". RMA is inscr on tp: "Heer van Lugtmans". Note that there was a four page supplement that may not always be present. EBNP is inscr: "Doct. Luchtmans"
Dr. Cornelis Jan Luchtmans (1777-1860) was a dealer and physician living in Rotterdam. His purchases on the local market date from 1802 onward and take on a more serious character in 1808 when he bought three moderately expensive lots at the Rotterdam sale of Gerrit van der Pot. It would appear that by this time he was already having success buying and selling pictures and in June of that year he purchased two pictures, one of which, a mid-size canvas by Cuyp. cost 610 fl, a sign that he was dealing in relatively expensive items, although one also finds him buying inexpensive pieces, often for less than 10 fl. At the Muilman sale of 1813 he purchased a picture by Jan Steen for 550 fl. that later found its way into the Rijksmseum. In early 1815 we find the first traces of his activity in London, where he sold a small number of less expensive pieces, but the most telling sign of his activity is the present sale in Rotterdam that included 184 lots (in addition to a smaller group of 18 items that probably belonged to someone else). With a few exceptions the prices at this sale were not especially noteworthy, and it may be that this auction, the only public sale ever held under his name, signalled a decision to cease his activity as a dealer. Although he was to live more than four more decades, his name does not appear ever again as either buyer or seller, perhaps a sign that his career as a medical doctor had proven to be more rewarding.. [Notes by B. Fredericksen] | | Catalog Location(s) | MA Annot. with all buyers and prices. It is addressed to De Heer Vander Grient. (French edition)
EBNP Annot. with all buyers and prices. (French edition)
AA Annot. with a few buyers and most prices. It is addressed to J.H. Brentano. (French edition)
RMA Annot. with a few buyers and many prices. The latter are given twice and appear to be the high and low estimates rather than selling prices. (French edition)
MPA Annot. in ink and pencil with a few buyers and most prices. It includes the supplement. (French edition)
RKDH [photocopy in Provenance Index Sales Files] Not annot. excepting some marks by certain lots. Lacks the supplement. (French edition)
JPGM Not annot. Lacks the sypplement (French edition)
MB Not annot. (French edition)
ESP Not annot. It lacks the supplement. (French edition)
FLNY Not annot. It lacks the supplement. (French edition)
AAP Annot. in pencil with a few buyers and prices. (French edition)
MBB Present location unknown, but according to Lugt not annot.
MR [photocopy in Provenance Index Sales Files] Annot. in pencil with a few buyers and all prices. The annotations are often difficult to read. It includes the supplement. (French edition) | | See Also | Sale Contents | | | Art Sales Catalogues Online | | | Digitized Catalog - GRI | | | Digitized Catalog - Frick | | | |
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