| | | | | | | | Document | Sale Catalog N-475 | |
| Auction House | Roos (Cornelis Sebille); Vries (Jeronimo); Brondgeest (Albertus) -- from catalog: Cornelis Sebille Roos; Jeronimo de Vries; Albertus Brondgeest | | Sale Location | Huize van C.S. Roos, inhet Huis met de Hoofden, op de Keizersgracht, bij de Lelijgracht, Amsterdam, Netherlands | | Seller(s) | from catalog: [None]
from other sources: [J. Hoofman; P.N. Quarles van Ufford] | | Lugt Number | 9450 | | Notes | EBNP is inscr on tp: [Liefhebber] "J. Hoofman te Haarlem" and [erfgenamen] "Den He. P N Quarles van Uffort? [or Ufford?]" EBNP gives totals as fl. 34,847.12 ["behalven het opgehouden"] and three pictures (5, 28, 37) are listed as bought in. "NB Alle de schilderyen behalven N 35 zyn verkocht voor reheningrn[?] Meynfvrouw Hoofman" AA I gives totals as 24951. RMA gives totals as 37327.12. MR gives the totals as f 34847.12.
The principal component of this sale in Amsterdam was a large collection of drawings -- 823 lots -- accompanied by a similarly large cabinet of prints. The sixty-one lots of paintings constituted a relatively small portion of the proceedings, but from those pieces already identified - and from the prices they fetched - it is clear that the paintings were unusually choice. The EBNP copy of the catalogue, which belonged to and is annotated by the expert who organized the sale, C.S. Roos (or an associate), tells us there were two consigners: Jacob Hoofman (1739-1799), and Pierre Nicolas Quarles van Ufford (1757-1834), both bankers and residents of Haarlem. This is somewhat misleading since Hoofman had been dead already seventeen years, and Quarles van Ufford was still very much alive and prosperous.
It appears that the collections on sale had originally been primarily, if not exclusively, the property of Jacob Hoofman. After his death, his possessions had been divided between his two daughters: Margareta (1773-1807) and Maria (1776-1845). The elder daughter Margareta married Pierre Nicolas Quarles van Ufford in 1793 but died young, just fourteen years later. At least part of her inheritance is said to have reverted to her younger sister Margareta, -- an amateur artist who who never married -- and who even opened a small museum in Haarlem that was meant to preserve her father's legacy. This venture must have come to an end about the time of the present sale: Annotations in the EBNP copy of the catalogue indicate that 21 of the 61 lots of paintings in the sale belonged to "H", presumably for "Hoofman;" i.e. Jacob Hoofman, but in fact now the property of his youngest daughter, Margaretha. The remaining two-thirds of the paintings were those belonging to Quarles van Ufford, the widowed husband of the elder daughter, who had decided to sell his portion of the collection at the same auction, in effect re-uniting most of the original (See R. Priem in Simiolus, 25, p.183). .
The prices for the paintings were quite good and relatively few lots were left unsold. Seven lots exceeded 1000 fl.. only one of which was bought in. The most costly was no.15, a landscape by Hobbema that was sold for 3730 fl. (now untraced.) followed by no.18, an interior by Pieter de Hooch that cost 2270 fl. and somewhat later came to the British Royal Collection. A similarly expensive lot,, a depiction of Moses Striking the Rock by Jan Steen, reached 2025 fl. (now in the John Johnson collection in the Philadellphia Museum). At least a few paintings must have been kept out of the sale. A picture of Adam and Eve by Cornelis van Haarlem now in the Haarlem Museum had evidently belonged to Maria Hoofman and at a later date to a member of the Quarles van Ufford famjily. Similarly, a picture by Michiel Sweerts depicting young artists drawing from the model is known to have passed through the same collections and was acquired for the same museum, though only much later. Finally, another valuable picture, Paulus Potter's small painting of a milkmaid, now in the Wallace Collection, is said by John Smith to have belonged to Maria Hoofman, although it is not known how or when it eventually came to Lord Hertford. [notes by B. Fredericksen]. | | Catalog Location(s) | EBNP Auctioneer's copy, annot. with all buyers and prices on interleaved pages as well as a few initials for the names of the sellers.
AA I Annot. with all buyers and prices.
AA II Annot. with all buyers and prices.
NGL Annot. in pencil with most buyers and prices.
RMA Annot. in pencil with all buyers and prices for the paintings, but other sections are less completely annot. The annotations are difficult to read.
FLNY Annot. with most buyers and prices for the paintings and drawings only. The remainder is not annot.
MPA I Not annot.
MPA II Not annot.
MB Not annot.
ESP Not annot. It was formerly BMB
LRB Present location unknown. According to Lugt incomplete but annot. with buyers and prices for the paintings.
AAP Annot. in pencil with many buyers and all prices for the paintings only. The remainder is not annot.
KPL Not seen, but according to Lugt annot.with buyers and prices for the print lots.
KBH Not annot.
RDKH I Auctioneer's copy, annot. with all buyers and prices on interleaved pages as well as a list of reserves. It belonged to the dealer C.S. Roos, from whom there are some letters and a list of paintings which does not seem to be related to the present sale.
RKDH II Annot. in pencil with some prices. Some lots are also marked with the letter "H" for Hoofman, one of the proprietors.
MR Auctioneer's copy, annot. with all buyers and prices on interleaved pages.
MBB Auctioneer's copy, annot. with all buyers and prices on interleaved pages. The owners of the drawings are also identified, but not those of the paintings. | | See Also | Sale Contents | | | Art Sales Catalogues Online | | | Digitized Catalog - Frick | | | |
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