BY JONAS ZEUNER (1727-1814), LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

Details

A Dutch verre églomisé picture of a harbour, probably the Groothoofd DordrechtR
BY JONAS ZEUNER (1727-1814), LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
Engraved in gold and silver, with a view of possibly the Groothoofd at Dordrecht, signed on the stern of the left boat Zeuner/fec., inscribed on old labels to the reverse 0700 by Zeuner; Small glass painting by Zeuner,...signed on the end of the barge, framed, 91/2 in. and No. 3278()
14 cm. x 21 cm.

Provenance

With Stodel, Amsterdam.
Acquired in 1981.
Thence by descent.

Literature

J. Sprenkels-ten Horn and A. Sprenkels Jonas Zeuner 1727-1814, Zijn wereld weerspiegeld in zilver en goud, Abcoude/Amsterdam, 1994, p. 56, fig. 110

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Lot Essay

The small tower in the centre, the typical form of the jetty and the windmills in the back are similar with other pictures of the Groothoofd at Dordrecht, it is possible that Zeuner used engravings of Dordrecht to execute this work.

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