Lot Essay
The later inscription on the verso would seem to refer to the siege of the City of Bergen op Zoom by the French in the summer of 1747
Details
Dirk Langendijk (1748-1805)
Officers on Horseback inspecting a Battlefield
signed and dated 'D Langendijk inv.:&Fecit 1775.' and with inscription 'Beleg van Bergen-op-Zoom' (verso); pencil, grey wash, heightened with white, brown ink framing lines, watermark C&I Honig
270 x 462 mm.
Officers on Horseback inspecting a Battlefield
signed and dated 'D Langendijk inv.:&Fecit 1775.' and with inscription 'Beleg van Bergen-op-Zoom' (verso); pencil, grey wash, heightened with white, brown ink framing lines, watermark C&I Honig
270 x 462 mm.
Provenance
with G. Meyer, Rotterdam, 1976