Lot Essay
Beck was unaware of the topography of this drawing, which was identified by Bert Gerlagh of the Amsterdam Municipal Archives. A drawing studied from a slightly more northerly direction by Johannes Storck dated 1678 is illustrated in B. Bakker et al., De Verzameling Van Eeghen, Amsterdamse tekeningen 1600-1950, Zwolle/Amsterdam, 1988, fig. 38.1. The Huis met het Torentje was demolished to build the Victoria Hotel, near the harbor where the central station now stands on an artificial island. A drawing from the same site, albeit from a different angle, in the Leonhardt Collection was sold at Christie's, Amsterdam, 20 November 1989, lot 177, illustrated