BIB_ID
440190
Accession number
MA 2609
Display Date
Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Antwerp, London, and other locations, 1732-1735.
Credit line
Gift of the Fellows, 1968.
Description
19 items (approximately 50 pages) ; various sizes
Notes
Many items in the collection are heavily damaged and difficult to read.
Writers of the letters in the collection include Jean de Bari; Charles Holzendorf (secretary to Lord Chesterfield); Peeter Snijers; and Sir Anthony Westcombe.
Writers of the letters in the collection include Jean de Bari; Charles Holzendorf (secretary to Lord Chesterfield); Peeter Snijers; and Sir Anthony Westcombe.
Provenance
Purchased from I.K. Fletcher, 29 March 1968.
Summary
Consisting of letters, drafts of letters, and lists related to Westcombe's purchase of a collection of Rembrandt prints from Mathues Pol (probably Matthijs Pool) of Leiden. Many letters concern the negotiations with Pol. Letters and lists also refer to works by the Carracci family, Edelinck, Holbein, Hollar, Masson, Mellan, Passarotti, Procaccini, Testa, and Van Dyck.
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