A collection of water-pipes, oriental leather slippers, letters adressed to the artist by amongst others Victor de Stuer and Hendrik Willem Mesdag, a booklet with pencil drawings and watercolours most probably by the hand of the artist and an exercise-book containing hand written stories by the daughter of the artist Marie Madelaine de Famars Testas (1885-1934).

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Willem de Famars Testas (Dutch, 1834-1896)
A collection of water-pipes, oriental leather slippers, letters adressed to the artist by amongst others Victor de Stuer and Hendrik Willem Mesdag, a booklet with pencil drawings and watercolours most probably by the hand of the artist and an exercise-book containing hand written stories by the daughter of the artist Marie Madelaine de Famars Testas (1885-1934).

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Lot Essay

Noteworthy is the letter from Victor de Stuers dating 16 May 1881 in which the artist is requested to sell the painting Binnenplaats te Kairo to the Rijksmuseum van Moderne Kunst for the amount of Dfl 700. In a letter from Brussels, dating May 1881, Testas agrees to the proposal and sells his painting which at the time was exhibited at the Tentoonstelling van Levende Meesters in The Hague.

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