Jan de Beijer (Aarau 1703-1780 Kleef)

View of Doorn; and View of the Petronella Chapel at Driebergen

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Jan de Beijer (Aarau 1703-1780 Kleef)
View of Doorn; and View of the Petronella Chapel at Driebergen
signed with initials and inscribed 'JDB' [the letters interlaced] : Het Dorp Doorn. den: 14 Julij. 1750.' (verso) (1); and with signature 'JDB' [the letters interlaced], inscription 't dorp driebergen' and number '3' (verso) (2)
pen and brown ink, watercolour and bodycolour
12.5 x 20.2 cm.; and 11.2 x 17.3 cm.
(2)

Literature

H. Romers, J. de Beijer: oeuvre-catalogus, The Hague, 1969, p. 27, nos. 389, 395.

Engraved

Etched by Hendrik Spilman (1721-1784) for Het verheerlykt Nederland..., VIII, Amsterdam, 1773 (View of Doorn).

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Lot Essay

The View of Doorn was etched by Hendrik Spilman (1721-1784) and used in Het verheerlykt Nederland of kabinet van hedendaagsche gezigten van steden, dorpen, sloten..., VIII, published by Isaac Tirion (1705-1765) in Amsterdam, 1773 by Isaac Tirion (1705-1765). With a total of nine volumes, illustrated with 904 etchings by Spilman, this work is generally considered the most important topographical Dutch book from the 18th Century.

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