13th Dec, 2023 12:00
Fine Paintings, Works on Paper & Sculpture
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ATTRIBUTED TO JAN WYCK (DUTCH 1644-1702)
THE HEAT OF BATTLE
inscribed Lach er zbit met yeel on the reverse
pen and brown ink, with brown and grey wash on watermarked paper
29 x 44cm; 11 1/2 x 17 1/4in
44 x 59cm; 17 1/4 x 23 1/4in (framed)
Property from the Collection of a Distinguished British Scholar and Collector
Provenance
William Reid CBE, London (born in Glasgow, Reid -1926-2014 - was fascinated with arms and armaments from boyhood. After Trinity College, Oxford, he became a junior curator and then assistant keeper at the Tower of London, before being appointed the first director of the National Army Museum in Chelsea, opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1970. It was a position he held for the following seventeen years. Reid was made CBE in 1988.
The enigmatic inscription Lach er zbit met yeel in pen and ink on the reverse can be translated from German as 'he laughs and says yes'.
Sold for £180
THE HEAT OF BATTLE
inscribed Lach er zbit met yeel on the reverse
pen and brown ink, with brown and grey wash on watermarked paper
29 x 44cm; 11 1/2 x 17 1/4in
44 x 59cm; 17 1/4 x 23 1/4in (framed)
Property from the Collection of a Distinguished British Scholar and Collector
Provenance
William Reid CBE, London (born in Glasgow, Reid -1926-2014 - was fascinated with arms and armaments from boyhood. After Trinity College, Oxford, he became a junior curator and then assistant keeper at the Tower of London, before being appointed the first director of the National Army Museum in Chelsea, opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1970. It was a position he held for the following seventeen years. Reid was made CBE in 1988.
The enigmatic inscription Lach er zbit met yeel in pen and ink on the reverse can be translated from German as 'he laughs and says yes'.
Auction: Fine Paintings, Works on Paper & Sculpture, 13th Dec, 2023
