Abraham Rademaker (1675-1735)

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Abraham Rademaker (1675-1735)

Two Views of the Castle of Abcoude

signed and inscribed 'A. Rademaker,/'t Slot Abcou van agter./'t Slot Abcou overhoeks/van vooren/In het Stift, bij 't dorp van dezelve naam.'; pencil, brown wash, brown ink framing lines
407 x 332 mm.; two drawings of the same by the same hand, another attributed to Cornelis Pronk, and a view of the same castle in 1723 by another hand (5)

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The castle of Abcoude was first mentioned in 1080, and after being destroyed and reconstructed in 1328 became the property of the States of Utrecht in 1449. In 1719 they sold it to Theodorus de Leeuw, who had it restored. By 1820 it was ruined, and the castle was demolished in 1860

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