Embarcadère de Leyde au Singel d'Amsterdam

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JACOB CATS (ALTONA 1741-1799 AMSTERDAM)
Embarcadère de Leyde au Singel d'Amsterdam
signé et daté 'J. Cats ad vivum/ 753 Anno 1790.' and ‘Het Leydsche veer ziende naar de Munt’ and ‘5, 110/ 169’ (verso)
pierre noire, pinceau, lavis brun, traits d'encadrement à la plume et encre brune, filigrane initiales 'LG'
28,3 x 38,5 cm. (11 1/8 x 15 1/8 in.)

Provenance

G.E.A.M. Leonhardt-Pilz von Wernhof, Amsterdam et Suisse ; Christie’s, Amsterdam, 20 novembre 1989, lot 228.
Galerie Haboldt & Co., Paris et New York (P. Bowron, Dessins anciens des écoles du nord, françaises et italiennes, 1991, no. 5, ill.).

Literature

J. Bolten et al., Oude tekeningen van het Prentenkabinet der Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden, La Haye, 1985, pp. 73-74.
C. Dumas, in Goltzius to Van Gogh. Drawings and Paintings from the P. & N. de Boer Foundation, cat. exp., Paris, Fondation Custodia et Amsterdam, Stichting P. & N. de Boer, 2014, sous le no. 104, n. 3.

Exhibited

Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap, Amsterdam in tekening. Verzameling Leonhardt, 1962, no. 49.

Further details

JACOB CATS, A STREET IN AMSTERDAM WITH UNLOADING OF BARRELS
BLACK CHALK, BRUSH, BROWN WASH
In this large sheet, Cats shows a view of the Leiden ferry terminal on the Leidse Veer at the Singel in Amsterdam. To the right ships are being loaded, while to the left a house is shown with a sign ‘SCHILDER’ (painter), which can be identified as that of the glazier and mirror gilder Jan Groeneveld and his son, the painter Adolf Groeneveld, and one wonders whether the painter descending the steps could be identified as the painter himself. The house next door, with cabinets on the street, is that of the cabinetmaker Jacobus den Dekker.

To serve the demand of collectors, Cats often made repetitions of his own drawings. The present sheet is such an example; it is a close repetition of a drawing, in the same technique, signed and dated 1785, now at the printroom of Leiden University (inv. PK-T-145; see C. Dumas, in Goltzius to Van Gogh. Drawings and Paintings from the P.&N. de Boer Foundation, exhib. cat., Paris, Fondation Custodia, and Amsterdam, P. & N. de Boer Foundation, 2014, p. 228, fig. 104a). A further version, apparently undated, is in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (B. Gerlagh, Kijk Amsterdam 1700-1800. De mooiste stadsgezichten, exhib. cat., Amsterdam, Stadsarchief Amsterdam, 2017-2018, p. 116), while another, highly finished sheet in watercolour and dated 1799, is in the Stadsarchief, Amsterdam (inv. 010001000795; see exhib. cat. Paris and Amsterdam, op. cit., p. 228, fig. 104b; fig. 1).

A pendant to the Leiden drawing, showing the Rotterdam and The Hague ferry terminals and also dated 1785, is in the Rijksmuseum (inv. RP-T-1899-A-4204); a repetition of that sheet from 1789 is in the P. & N. de Boer Foundation, Amsterdam (ibid., no. 104, ill.).

Fig. 1. Jacob Cats, A view of the Leiden ferry terminal on the Singel in Amsterdam, watercolour, Amsterdam, Stadsarchief Amsterdam.

In this large sheet, Cats shows a view of the Leiden ferry terminal on the Leidse Veer at the Singel in Amsterdam. To the right ships are being loaded, while to the left a house is shown with a sign ‘SCHILDER’ (painter), which can be identified as that of the glazier and mirror gilder Jan Groeneveld and his son, the painter Adolf Groeneveld, and one wonders whether the painter descending the steps could be identified as the painter himself. The house next door, with cabinets on the street, is that of the cabinetmaker Jacobus den Dekker.

To serve the demand of collectors, Cats often made repetitions of his own drawings. The present sheet is such an example; it is a close repetition of a drawing, in the same technique, signed and dated 1785, now at the printroom of Leiden University (inv. PK-T-145; see C. Dumas, in Goltzius to Van Gogh. Drawings and Paintings from the P.. de Boer Foundation, exhib. cat., Paris, Fondation Custodia, and Amsterdam, P. & N. de Boer Foundation, 2014, p. 228, fig. 104a). A further version, apparently undated, is in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (B. Gerlagh, Kijk Amsterdam 1700-1800. De mooiste stadsgezichten, exhib. cat., Amsterdam, Stadsarchief Amsterdam, 2017-2018, p. 116), while another, highly finished sheet in watercolour and dated 1799, is in the Stadsarchief, Amsterdam (inv. 010001000795; see exhib. cat. Paris and Amsterdam, op. cit., p. 228, fig. 104b; fig. 1).

A pendant to the Leiden drawing, showing the Rotterdam and The Hague ferry terminals and also dated 1785, is in the Rijksmuseum (inv. RP-T-1899-A-4204); a repetition of that sheet from 1789 is in the P. & N. de Boer Foundation, Amsterdam (ibid., no. 104, ill.).

Fig. 1. Jacob Cats, A view of the Leiden ferry terminal on the Singel in Amsterdam, watercolour, Amsterdam, Stadsarchief Amsterdam.

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Lot Essay

Dans cette large feuille, Cats représente l'embarcadère de Leyde au Singel d’Amsterdam. Pendant que les bateaux sont en train d’être chargés sur la droite, une enseigne intitulé ‘SCHILDER’ (peintre) sur le côté gauche pourrait représenter la boutique du maître vitrier et doreur de miroirs Jan Groeneveld et son fils, Adolf Groeneveld, l’un des deux semblant ainsi descendre l’escalier devant l’enseigne. La maison d’à côté, avec des meubles sur le trottoir, n’est autre que celle de l’ébéniste Jacobus den Dekker.
Afin de répondre à la demande des collectionneurs, Cats réalise souvent plusieurs répétitions d’un même dessin. La présente feuille en est un bon exemple : une seconde version, très proche, de même technique, signée et datée 1785, est conservée à l’université de Leyde (inv. PK-T-145 ; voir C. Dumas, op. cit., p. 228, fig. 104a) tandis qu’une autre version, plus aboutie, aquarellée et datée 1799, est au Stadsarchief d’Amsterdam (inv. 010001000795 ; voir ibid., op. cit., p. 228, fig. 104b).
Le pendant du dessin de Leyde, représentant l'embarcadère de Rotterdam et de La Haye, également daté de 1785, est au Rijksmuseum (inv. RP-T-1899-A-4204) ; une seconde version, datée 1789, est conservée à la Stichting P. & N. de Boer, Amsterdam (ibid., no. 104, ill.).

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