Pieter Jan van Liender (1727-1779)

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Pieter Jan van Liender (1727-1779)

A View of the Wittevrouwenpoort, Utrecht, the Dome beyond

signed and dated 'P.Liender f 1750' (verso); pencil, grey wash, black ink framing lines
147 x 213 mm.; and a drawing of the castle of Oosterwijk, inscribed 'Heukelom' and dated 1750 by the same hand, 121 x 213 mm. (2)

Provenance

(1) with P.&D. Colnaghi, London, 1956
(2) Anon.sale, Sotheby's Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, June 1979, lot 298

Exhibited

(1) Utrecht, 1959/60, no. 45
(1) Zeist, 1960, no. 40
(1) Laren, 1963, no. 78
(1) Utrecht, Gemeentearchief, Jacob van Liender, Pieter Jan van Liender, Paul van Liender en de stad Utrecht, 1978, no. 16
(1) Utrecht, 1978, no. 68

Lot Essay

(1) Another version of this in a private collection was exhibited, Utrecht, Gemeentearchief, 1978, no. 21, while a painted wall decoration by Van Liender including this view is now in the Centraal Museum, Utrecht (inv. no. 11305h).
The Wittevrouwenpoort was constructed between 1650 and 1653, probably after designs by Pieter Post. It replaced the old gate, shown in Herman Saftleven's drawing, which is included as lot ... in this sale. In 1958 the gate was demolished, on its place is now the Wittevrouwenbrug.
A drawing of the same view by Dirk Verrijk is included in this sale as lot 425

(1) See illustration on p.

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