Paulus Constantijn la Fargue (1728/29-1782) Lot n° 5

I. A pipe smoking man from Molkwerum II. A girl with a 'Zaans' folk costume III. A sailor at the docks IV. A girl from Hindeloopen, I. signed, dated and annotated 'P.C. la Fargue/ad. viv del/1772.' (lower left) II. signed, dated and annotated 'P.C. la Fargue ad. viv/fec 1772.' (lower left) III. signed, dated and annotated 'P.C. la Fargue ad. viv/del 1772' (lower right) IV. signed, dated and annotated 'P.C. la Fargue ad. viv del/1772' (lower right), each watercolour and grey ink on paper, 12,5x10,5 cm, Please compare the present watercolours to similar works by the artist in the following collections: I. A pipe smoking man from Molkwerum -Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, inv. no. 1.765 (dated 1772). -Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, inv. no. RP-T-1897-A-3494 (dated 1775). II. A girl with a 'Zaans' folk costume -Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, inv. no. 1.766 (dated 1772). -Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, inv. no. RP-T-1897-A-3495 (dated 1775). -Schlossmuseum, Aschaffenburg, inv. no. Z.III.103 (undated). III. A sailor at the docks -Schlossmuseum, Aschaffenburg, inv. no. Z.III.102 (undated). We would like to thank Mr. Charles Dumas for his help in cataloguing this lot. Provenance: -In the collection of the present owner for at least 70 years.