Lot Essay
This is one of the few known designs for titleplates by the artist, others are mentioned in Niemeyer (op.cit., nos. 108 and 541)
Details
Cornelis Troost (1696-1750)
A Design for a Titleplate with the Patroness of the City of Amsterdam with Justice
black and red chalk, red-brown wash, brown ink framing lines, watermark Strasburg lily, incised for transfer
332 x 212 mm.
A Design for a Titleplate with the Patroness of the City of Amsterdam with Justice
black and red chalk, red-brown wash, brown ink framing lines, watermark Strasburg lily, incised for transfer
332 x 212 mm.
Provenance
Dr. H.C. Valkema Blouw; F. Muller, Amsterdam, 2-4 March 1954, lot 260 (as G. de Lairesse)
Literature
J. Knoef, Cornelis Troost, Amsterdam, 1947, p. 44
J.W. Niemeyer, Cornelis Troost, Assen, 1973, no. 540
J.W. Niemeyer, Cornelis Troost, Assen, 1973, no. 540
Exhibited
Arnhem, 1958, no. 117
Utrecht, 1959/60, no. 67
Laren, 1963, no. 111
Nijmegen, 1965, no. 59
Bonn/Saarbrücken/Bochum, 1968/9, no. 136
Rheydt, 1971, no. 76
Amsterdam, 1975/6, no. 123
Bremen/Braunschweig/Stuttgart, 1979/80, no. 137
Fribourg/Passau/Trier/Aachen/Nuremberg, 1982/4, no. 101
Utrecht, 1959/60, no. 67
Laren, 1963, no. 111
Nijmegen, 1965, no. 59
Bonn/Saarbrücken/Bochum, 1968/9, no. 136
Rheydt, 1971, no. 76
Amsterdam, 1975/6, no. 123
Bremen/Braunschweig/Stuttgart, 1979/80, no. 137
Fribourg/Passau/Trier/Aachen/Nuremberg, 1982/4, no. 101
Engraved
Pieter Tanjé, 1746, with several differences, titleplate for Handvesten ofte Privilegien ende octroyen... der Stad Amsterdam, I, Amsterdam, 1748, an impression is sold with the drawing