View of Hümpel Castle (Hönnepel on the Rhine)

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Jan de Beijer (Aarau 1703-1780 Kleef)
View of Hümpel Castle (Hönnepel on the Rhine)
inscribed and dated 't Kasteel te Hümpel. den: 24. Mai. 1746.' (recto) and 'Het Kasteel te Hümpel. den: 24 Maij. 1746' (verso)
pen and grey ink, brown ink framing lines
15 x 24 cm.

Provenance

Jacob van de Velden; van der Schley et al., Amsterdam, 3 December 1781, lot 442 ('Jan de Beijer [...] Gezicht van 't Casteel te Humpel').
Probably Christiaan Kramm (1797-1875); J.L. Beijers, Utrecht, 7 December 1875, lot 380 (as Rademaker 'Het kasteel te Humpel, 1746. 4to. obl.').

Literature

H. Romers, J. de Beijer, Oeuvrecatalogus, The Hague, 1969, p. 27 and 105, no. 1408.
G. de Werd, Jan de Beijer, Tekeningen van Emmerik tot Roermond, exhib. cat., Cleves, Städtisches Museum, Haus Koekkoek, 1980, pp. 51 and 168, no. 63.

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This lot is offered without reserve.

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Lot Essay

Hümpel Castle near Kaflzar fell into disrepair around 1800 and was probably pulled down during the 19th Century. Apart from a section of the front wall and the moat surrounding it, nothing remains of the castle today. The present drawing is the only known image that documents the castle in its former glory.

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