A view of the Nieuwe Brug on the Damrak, the Texelse Kade to the right, the tower of the Oude Kerk to the left

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Jan de Beyer (Aarau 1703-c. 1785 Cleves)
A view of the Nieuwe Brug on the Damrak, the Texelse Kade to the right, the tower of the Oude Kerk to the left
signed with monogram and dated 'JDB: 1729'
pencil, pen and grey ink, grey and brown wash, grey ink framing lines, watermark I VILLEDARY
261 x 345 mm. (10¼ x 13 5/8 in.).

Provenance

Probably J.H.H. Leonhardt (1833-1904).
Probably G. Leonhardt (1866-1943).
G.J.G. Leonhardt (1901-1981), thence by descent to
Mrs. G.E.A.M. Leonardt-Pilz van Wernhof; Christie's, Amsterdam, 20 November 1989, lot 177.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Amsterdam, 15 November 1993, lot 140, acquired by
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. B-134).

Literature

H. Romers, J. de Beyer Oeuvrecatalogus, The Hague, 1969, no. 1008.

Exhibited

Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Jan de Beyer en Amsterdam 1703-1785, 12 May 7 June 1953, no. 16.

Engraved

For J. Wagenaar, Amsterdam in zijn opkomst, aanwas, geschiedenissen..., Amsterdam, 1765, II, p. 70-1.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

A watercolour by De Beyer of the same subject is in the Gemeentearchief, Amsterdam, B. Bakker, Amsterdam in the achttiende eeuw, Delft, 1974, no. 23, illustrated. This view shows the Nieuwe Brug from the harbour, from a point now occupied by the artificial island on which the Central Station stands. The building on the right is the celebrated Huis met het Torentje, demolished in 1889 and now the site of the Victoria Hotel.

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