Jan Jacob van Rensselaar (1747-1795)

A sea-bank: View of Zeeburg outside Amsterdam

Details

Jan Jacob van Rensselaar (1747-1795)
A sea-bank: View of Zeeburg outside Amsterdam
inscribed 'Zeeburg door / J.J. van Rensselaar 1793' (verso)
brown chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, brown ink framing lines, watermark D&C Blauw
26.8 x 34.9 cm.

Provenance

with Beets & Fontein, Amsterdam; from whom purchased by I.Q. van Regteren Altena in 1977 (according to an inscription in the collection files).

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Lot Essay

A merchant by profession, van Rensselaar was a gifted amateur draughtsman who was honorary member of the Amsterdamse Tekenacademie from 1787 until his death in 1795. Only a handful of his drawings are known today and based on stylistic similarities, Robert-Jan te Rijdt has suggested that van Rensselaar possibly made the present drawing after a drawing by Daniël Dupré (1751-1817).

We are grateful to Robert-Jan te Rijdt for his assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.

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