A view of the Binnen Amstel, Amsterdam, with the Halvemaansbrug to the right, the Kloveniersdoelen and the tower 'Swijgh Utrecht' to the left, the Kloveniersburgwal beyond

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Augustus Wijnantz (1795-after 1848)
A view of the Binnen Amstel, Amsterdam, with the Halvemaansbrug to the right, the Kloveniersdoelen and the tower 'Swijgh Utrecht' to the left, the Kloveniersburgwal beyond
signed 'A. Wijnantz'
pencil, pen and brown ink, brown and grey wash, framed
155 x 220 mm.

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Other views in Amsterdam by Wijnantz of similar format are in the Van Eeghen Collection of Amsterdam views in the Municipal Archives, Amsterdam, B. Bakker, E. Fleurbaay, A.W. Gerlagh, De Verzameling Van Eeghen, Amsterdamse tekeningen 1600-1950, Zwolle Amsterdam, 1988, pp. 395-6, nos. 435-6, illustrated. These were copied by Cornelis Springer and used for Frans Buffa's Nieuwe Gezigten van Amsterdam en Omstreken naar de Natuur Geteekend door C. Springer, Amsterdam, circa 1850.

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