Jan de Beijer (1703-c.1785)

A View of Rhenen on the Rhine

Details

Jan de Beijer (1703-c.1785)
A View of Rhenen on the Rhine
signed and dated 'De Beijer ad viv: delin: 1747.' on a small strip of paper at the lower left of the drawing
black lead, pen and grey ink, watercolour, bodycolour, black ink framing lines, framed
156 x 403 mm.

Provenance

H. Piek, The Hague.
Dutch Private Collection; Christie's, Amsterdam, 14 November 1988, lot 216, illustrated (Nlg. 13,225).

Literature

H. Romers, J. de Beijer, Oeuvre-catalogus, The Hague, 1969, no. R534a.
H. P. Deys, Achter Berg en Rijn, over boeren, burgers en buitenlui in Rhenen, Wageningen, 1981, p. 47, fig. 126.

Engraved

J.C. Philips, 1736, for Hedendaagse Historie of tegenwoordige Staat van alle Volken; XXII, Vervolgende den tegenwoordigen Staat der Vereenigde Nederlanden, Utrecht, 1772, p. 60.

Lot Essay

In this, one of his largest watercolours, De Beijer portrayed a city already popular among many 17th Century artists travelling along the Rhine, the sight of which has not much altered over the centuries. Romers (op. cit., nos. 879 and 1102) lists views of similar size of Haarlem (dated 1746) and Delft, indicating that this may have been part of a series in this unusual format.

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