Jan de Beijer (1703-c.1785)

A Landscape with the Montpoort at Kalkar, the Monterberg beyond

Details

Jan de Beijer (1703-c.1785)
A Landscape with the Montpoort at Kalkar, the Monterberg beyond
inscribed and dated 'De Mont poort te Kalker Siende na den Monterberg. dt: 28 Maj. 1746' and 'T.6' (verso)
black lead, pen and grey and brown ink, watercolour, bodycolour, grey ink framing lines, framed
191 x 212 mm.

Provenance

C. Ploos van Amstel; Van der Schley et al., Amsterdam, 3 March 1800, lot Z 58 (Nlg. 2 to Tiedeman).
J. Helmolt (L. 2986b), his number 'No. 764' (verso).

Literature

A. Verbeek, Die Niederrheinansichten Jan de Beijers, Essen, 1957, p. 98, no. 97A.
H. Romers, J. de Beijer, Oeuvre-catalogus, The Hague, 1969, no. 1411.

Engraved

with minor changes, P. van Liender, 1758, for Het Verheerlijkt Kleefschland, Amsterdam, c. 1760, no. 17.

Sale room notice

The correct measurements are 91 x 212 mm.

Lot Essay

Dr. Hans-Ulrich Beck, who kindly supplied the details regarding the provenance, recently pointed out that the previously unidentified collector's number Lugt 2986b is that of Jacob Helmolt (1747-1808), a Haarlem collector, Der unbekannte Zeichnungssammler Lugt 2986b identifiziert: Jacob Helmolt in Haarlem, Oud Holland, 107, The Hague, 1993, no. 4, pp. 372-8.

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