Lot Essay
For a view of Gennep by Aert Schouman see lot 181 in this sale
Details
Claes Jansz. Visscher (circa 1587-1652)
A View of the City of Gennep on the River Niers, an Angler in the Foreground
with inscription 'Claas Jansz. Visser Gennep' (verso); black lead, pen and grey and brown ink, grey wash, brown ink framing lines
118 x 259 mm.
A View of the City of Gennep on the River Niers, an Angler in the Foreground
with inscription 'Claas Jansz. Visser Gennep' (verso); black lead, pen and grey and brown ink, grey wash, brown ink framing lines
118 x 259 mm.
Provenance
Anon. sale, Amsterdam, 28 November 1808, p. 29, Kunstboek B, lot 29 'Een Gezigt op de Stad Gennip. Met de Pen en O.I. Inkt door C.J. Visscher' (together with lot 28 f. 12)
Literature
M. Simon, Claes Jansz. Visscher, dissertation, Freiburg, 1958, Katalog der Zeichnungen, no. 93
Engraved
Etched, by the artist, 1641, left half of the view of Gennep (Hollstein XXXVIII, p. 58, no. 91, Hollstein XXXIV, illustrated p. 57, no. 91)