The ruins of Heusden Castle

細節

Valentin Klotz (active Maastricht 1667-1691)
The ruins of Heusden Castle
inscribed 'an't Casteel tot Heusden 8/17 1691.' and with number '12'
black chalk, pen and brown and black ink, grey wash, pen and brown ink framing lines
3 7/8 x 5 7/8 in. (96 x 148 mm.)

來源

An unidentified Dutch collector, with associated number 'P 122.' (verso).
Purchased from Roma, 15 November 1919 (£4).

出版

J. Byam Shaw, 'Valetin Klotz', Old Master Drawings, XI (December 1928) (reprinted New York, 1970, III), p. 55.
K.J. van Hasselt, Drie topografische tekenaars der XVIIe eeuw, Jaarboek Oudheidkundige Kring 'De Ghulden Roos', Roosendaal, 1965, no. 172.

注意事項

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拍品專文

Heusden Castle, on the River Maas east of Dordrecht, was built by the Dukes of Brabant in the 14th Century. It became the centre of a township and served as the local munitions store. On 14 June 1680 lightning stuck the tower and ignited 60,000 pounds of gunpowder, largely destroying the castle. A view of the castle, made by Roelant Roghman in 1646-57, now in the Teylers Museum, Haarlem, shows the tower before the explosion (H.W.M. van der Wyck and J.W. Niemeijer, De kasteeltekeningen van Roelant Roghman, Alphen aan den Rijn, 1989-90, I, no. 76).
Valentin Klotz was a military engineer in the service of Stadholder-King William III of Orange, and so would almost certainly have been studying the site with a professional eye. Two drawings of Heusden drawn on the same day as the present view by Josua de Grave, who like Klotz served in the army of the States-General, are in the Rijksprentenkabinet, Amsterdam (K.J. van Hasselt, op. cit., nos. 167-168).
We are grateful to Peter Schatborn for his help in cataloguing this drawing.