Valentijn Klotz (circa 1650-after 1718)

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Valentijn Klotz (circa 1650-after 1718)

A View of Nieuw Helvoet, near Hellevoetsluis on the Isle of Voorne-Putten

inscribed and dated 'geteeckent de:3/21:1672'; black lead, pen and brown ink, grey wash (some later ?), brown ink framing lines
176 x 311 mm.

Provenance

K.E. von Liphart (L. 1687)
R. von Liphart (L. 1758)
R.Ph. Goldschmidt (L.2926); F.A.C. Prestel, Frankfurt, 4-11 Oct. 1917
with B. Houthakker, Amsterdam, 1958

Exhibited

Laren, 1963, no. 71
Nijmegen, 1965, no. 49
Amsterdam, 1975/76, no. 64
Bremen/Braunschweig/Stuttgart, 1979/80, no. 68

Lot Essay

Klotz accompanied the army of Stadholder-King Willem III of Orange to the Southern Netherlands in the war against the French, as did Josua de Grave (cf. lot 93 in this sale) and Constantijn Huygens.
As mentioned by M.H. Breithbarth-van der Stok, Josua de Grave, Valentinus Klotz en Bernardus Klotz, Bulletin van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Oudheidkundige Bond, 1969, 68, 5, p.101, Klotz was on the Isle of Voorne Putten between 14 and 24 March 1672 where he is known to have drawn several towns near Nieuw Helvoet, such as Den Briel, Hellevoetsluis, Oudenhoorn and Nieuwenhoorn

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