Lot 59
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AFTER HENDRICK HONDIUS I (DUFFEL 1573-1650 THE HAGUE)
AFTER HENDRICK HONDIUS I (DUFFEL 1573-1650 THE HAGUE)
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Property from the Estate of Ambassador J. William Middendorf II, Rhode Island
AFTER HENDRICK HONDIUS I (DUFFEL 1573-1650 THE HAGUE)

A castle in a river landscape

Details
AFTER HENDRICK HONDIUS I (DUFFEL 1573-1650 THE HAGUE)
A castle in a river landscape
pen and brown and black ink
6 3⁄8 x 9 ¼ in. (16 x 23.6 cm)
Provenance
with Harry Sperling, New York.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 23 January 2002, lot 120 (as Flemish School, late 16th Century).

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Lot Essay

The drawing reproduces a print of 1610 by Hendrick Hondius I (fig. 1; N.M. Orenstein, The New Hollstein. Hendrick Hondius, Roosendaal, 1994, no. 54, ill.). The view is an imaginary representation of the biblical village of Emmaus, depicted as a castle entirely surrounded by water. The castle is connected to the shore by a long bridge with a gate. Christ and two disciples are walking on the bridge.

Fig. 1. Hendrik Hondius I, Castle surrounded by water. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

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