A pair of reverse glass paintings with Amsterdam vedute, 1784-1786, by Jonas Zeuner (1727-1814)
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Jonas Zeuner (1727-1814)
A pair of reverse glass paintings with Amsterdam vedute, 1784-1786
1: Amsterdam, a view from the Ridderbrug across the Oude Schans toward the North-East overlooking the Kikkerbilsluis, the Gravenhekje to the right and the Montelbaans Toren to the left, signed lower right: Zeuner. Fec; (losses)
2: Amsterdam, a view to the East-North-East over the Singel towards the Munttoren with the inn 'De Munt,' the Muntshus with the Reguliersbreestraat to the right, the Binnenamstel in the background; signed and dated lower left: Zeuner. fec. 1786. (losses)
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33 x 42 cm; 13 x 16 1/2 in
Christie’s Amsterdam, 28 March 1996, lots 243 and 244;
Sotheby’s London, 6 December 2012, lots 233
Amsterdam, Amsterdam Historisch Museum, Jonas Zeuner 1727-1814, Zijn wereld weerspiegeld in zilver en goud, 21 May - 14 August 1994, cat. no. 13 et 20
J. Sprenkels-ten Horn, Jonas Zeuner (1727-1814), Een gespigelde wereld, Antiek, Tijdschrift voor oude kunst en kunstnijverheid, Zwolle, 1994, 28, 1, pp. 22-24, reproduced.
A similar composition of one of the view was etched by Simon Fokke (1712-1784) after a drawing by Jan de Beijer (1703-1780), see fig. 48 in J. Sprenkels-ten Horn, op.cit., p. 26, reproduced fig. 48. There are three other versions by Zeuner of the same subject (see J. Sprenkels-ten Horn, op. cit., p. 11, cat. nos. 12, 14 and 15).
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