View of Namur from the West during the Siege of 1695, Dirk Maas, 1695

Identification

Title(s)

View of Namur from the West during the Siege of 1695

Object type

drawing

Object number

RP-T-1894-A-3025

Catalogue reference

FMH 2936

Description

Gezicht vanuit de heuvels achter de citadel van Namen op de vesting en de stad. Op verschillende plaatsen in de voorstelling duiden rookwolken op beschietingen. Belegerd in de zomer van 1695 door de Geallieerden onder Willem III.

Creation

Artist

draughtsman: Dirk Maas

Place

The Hague

Dating

1695

Material and Technique

Physical features

pen and grey and black ink, with watercolour, over preliminary indications, squaring and orthogonals in graphite; framing line in grey ink

Material

Technique

pen / brush

Measurements

height 389 mm × width 505 mm

Subject

What

When

1695 - 1695

Where

Namen (stad)

Who

William III (Prince of Orange and King of England, Scotland, and Ireland)

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 1894

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

...; collection Karel Jan Frederik Cornelis Kneppelhout van Sterkenburg (1818-85), Lord van Sterkenburg en Hoekenburg Driebergen, Kasteel Sterkenburg, near Driebergen, and Utrecht;{According to Muller 1863-82, I (1863-70): ‘Berusten in het Kabinet v. M.r Kneppelhout v. Sterkenburg te Utrecht’.} ? his son, Cornelis Johannes Kneppelhout van Sterkenburg (1856-1938), Kasteel Sterkenburg; ...; from F. Muller, April 1894, with 8 other drawings (inv. nos. RP-T-1894-A-3024 and RP-T-1894-A-3026 to RP-T-1894-A-3032), fl. 140 for all, to the museum (L. 2228)

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