Dirk Verrijk (1734-1786)

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Dirk Verrijk (1734-1786)

A View of the Steene Beer in the Singelgracht with the Haarlemmerpoort, Amsterdam, the Mill on the Hoogendijk to the right, the Mill De Kraai on the Bastion Sloterdijk nearby, the Tower of the Westerkerk beyond

signed 'D. Verryk del ad viv'; pencil, pen and black ink, watercolour, brown ink framing lines, watermark fleur-de-lys above shield
182 x 299 mm.

Provenance

with M. Israel, Amsterdam, 1962

Exhibited

Bonn/Saarbrücken/Bochum, 1968/9, no. 142
Rheydt, 1971, no. 79
Amsterdam, 1975/6, no. 126
Bremen/Braunschweig/Stuttgart, 1979/80, no. 143
Fribourg/Passau/Trier/Aachen/Nuremberg, 1982-4, no. 107

Lot Essay

Similar watercolour views of Amsterdam of comparable size by the artist from the Leonhardt Collection were sold in these Rooms, 20 November 1989, lots 205-7.
The Haarlemmerpoort was built in 1615-8 after a design by Hendrick de Keyser, the first of the many gates along the Singelgracht following Amsterdam's expansion in the 17th Century. In 1837 the Haarlemmerpoort was replaced by the present gate

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