CIRCA 1745

Details

An encre-de-Chine 'topographical' plate
Circa 1745
Painted en grisaille and gilt with a view of the 'Oude Kerk' in Amsterdam, seen from across the 'Oudezijds Voorburgwal' canal with various figures and a row of trees in front of the church, encircled at the rim by a Louis XV-style strapwork border entwined with feathery foliage and berries, small glaze frits
22.6 cm. (8 7/8 in.) diam.

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 13 May 1991, lot 246 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. J-166).

Special notice

Christie's charges a Buyer's premium calculated at 20.825% of the hammer price for each lot with a value up to €90,000. If the hammer price of a lot exceeds €90,000 then the premium for the lot is calculated at 20.825% of the first €90,000 plus 11.9% of any amount in excess of €90,000. Buyer's Premium is calculated on this basis for each lot individually.

Lot Essay

The view of the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam follows closely an anonymous print published by P.L. Walser and P.C. Pet, Amsterdam, p. 63. A similar plate is also illustrated in Hervouët et Bruneau, La Porcelaine des Compagnie des Indes à Décor Occidental, Paris, 1986 , p. 238, fig. 10.2

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