Lot Essay
There is another drawing of this view in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, H. Romers, op.cit., no. 1317.
Details
Jan de Beijer (1703-circa 1785)
The Roermondsebrug, Liège
signed, dated and inscribed 'JdB [interlaced] ad. viv. (?) delin. 174.'; black chalk, watercolour and bodycolour
147 x 307 mm.
The Roermondsebrug, Liège
signed, dated and inscribed 'JdB [interlaced] ad. viv. (?) delin. 174.'; black chalk, watercolour and bodycolour
147 x 307 mm.
Provenance
R.W. Reford, Montreal; Christie's, London, 28 November 1968, lot 25 (240 guinees to Sewell)
Literature
H. Romers, J. de Beijer, Oeuvre-Catalogus, The Hague, 1969, probably no. 1316 (same measurements but slightly different inscription from that of the present drawing)