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Lot Essay
Johan Breytspraak can be regarded as one of the most successful furniture-makers in Amsterdam in the last quarter of the 18th Century, whose workshop - with 19 workbenches at the time of his death in 1795 - may have been the largest in that city. (R.J. Baarsen, De Amsterdamse meubelloterijen, Zwolle, 1992, p. 161, note 89). Breytspraak, who came from Leipzig, became master in circa 1770 and probably achieved a considerable amount of acclaim from the off-set of his career.
A set of eight dining chairs attributed to J. J. Breystspraak and possibly from the collection of Justina Maria Wilhelmina, Baroness van Nagell tot Ampsen, ne Baroness Rengers (1795-1963), was sold anonymously, Christie's, Amsterdam, 17 December 1997, lot 350 (94,562 Nlg.) A further related set of twelve dining-chairs featuring similarly carved legs was sold anonymously, Christie's, Kingstreet September 2008, lot 77.
A set of eight dining chairs attributed to J. J. Breystspraak and possibly from the collection of Justina Maria Wilhelmina, Baroness van Nagell tot Ampsen, ne Baroness Rengers (1795-1963), was sold anonymously, Christie's, Amsterdam, 17 December 1997, lot 350 (94,562 Nlg.) A further related set of twelve dining-chairs featuring similarly carved legs was sold anonymously, Christie's, Kingstreet September 2008, lot 77.