Jan de Beijer
The Nieuwezijds Vorburgwal, Amsterdam, with the back of the Town Hall
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Jan de Beijer
(Aarau 1703 - 1780 Emmerich)
The Nieuwezijds Vorburgwal, Amsterdam, with the back of the Town Hall
Pen and grey ink and watercolour and gouache, within black ink framing lines
255 by 377 mm
Sale, The Hague, van Stockum, 12 October 1994, lot 425;
J.A.M. Smit, Oegstgeest;
Sale, London, Christie's, 6 December 2018, lot 66
This view along Amsterdam's Nieuwezijds Vorburgwal is one of the city's best-known vistas. We are here looking northwards along the canal (today filled in), towards the rear of Jacob van Campen's famous Amsterdam town hall, the pediment of which is surmounted by a grand statue of Atlas. Two other versions by De Beijer of this essential Amsterdam view, with different staffage, are both in the Stadsarchief, Amsterdam. 1
1.H. Romers, Achttiende-eeuwse gezichten van steden, dorpen en huizen, naar het leven getekend door J. de Beijer, 6 vols., The Hague 1987-2000, vol. 4, nos. 931 and 1023
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