Guillaum Dubois (1625-1680)

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Guillaum Dubois (1625-1680)

A View of Noordwijkerhout with the Witte Kerk

inscribed 'Noortwyker hout' (verso) and with inscription 'noortwyker hout' (recto); black and red chalk, grey wash, brown ink framing lines
115 x 188 mm.

Provenance

An unidentified collector's inscription 'za f 880.8/f14-' (verso)
Anon. sale, Sotheby's Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 3 May 1976, lot 101, illustrated p. 161, as P. van Vianen

Literature

J. Giltay, Guillaum Du Bois als Tekenaar, Oud Holland, 1977, CXXXXI, p. 159, note 50

Lot Essay

This may be compared to similar drawings in the Rijksprentenkabinet (Giltay, op.cit., pl. 26) and that formerly in the Van Leeuwen Collection (Giltay, op.cit., pl. 11), sold in these Rooms, 24 November 1992, lot 56.
The Witte Kerk was rebuilt in 1619 after being demolished in 1573

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