Design for an elaborate tomb monument

Details

Simon Schynvoet (The Hague 1653 - 1727 Amsterdam)
Design for an elaborate tomb monument
signed 'S: Schynvoedt.'
pen and grey and brown ink, grey wash, indented for transfer, watermark IVilledary
30.9 x 18.2 cm.

Provenance

Possibly Frans van de Velde; J. Smit, Amsterdam, 16 January 1775, part of folder P ('Inhoudende 88 stuks Teekeningen, door S. Schynvoet [...] zynde fraaie Afbeeldingen, van Bruilofts Tytels, Graftombes, Eerezuilen, Vaazen, enz.').

Engraved

by Jan Goeree (1670-1731), in reverse, used in Voorbeelden der lusthof-cieraaden, zynde piramiden, eerzuylen en andere bywerken, published in Amsterdam, 1704, plate 15.

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This lot is offered without reserve.

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Lot Essay

For the engraving used in Voorbeelden der lusthof-cieraaden, zynde piramiden, eerzuylen en andere bywerken, published in Amsterdam, 1704. The engravings in this book of various monumental and elaborately decorated commemorative pyramids, columns and obelisks, were all executed by Goeree after drawings by Schynvoet.

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