Live Auction 3054The I.Q. van Regteren Altena Collection Part IV
Simon Fokke (Amsterdam 1712-1784)
Lot 33

Simon Fokke (Amsterdam 1712-1784)

The twelve months of the year

Closed13 May 2015

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EUR 8,125

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Simon Fokke (Amsterdam 1712-1784)
The twelve months of the year
one signed and dated 'S. Fokke in fec 1765.' and another 'S. Fokke fe' (recto), and each inscribed with the name of the month (verso)
pen and brown ink, brown wash, indented for transfer, some blackened on the verso, black ink framing lines
6.7 x 4.5 cm.
(12)12

with van Hoorn, Amsterdam; by whom presented as a gift to I.Q. van Regteren Altena on 20 December 1928 (Inventory book: '601. t. S. Fokke de twaalf maanden [...] geschenk').

Specialist note

Designs for a series of etchings showing the twelve months in reverse. A complete set of the etchings, on three uncut sheets, is in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (inv. RP-P-OB-50.980, RP-P-OB-50.982 and RP-P-OB-50.983).