View of Namur from the North during the Siege of 1695, Dirk Maas (possibly), after Dirk Maas, in or after 1695

Identification

Title(s)

View of Namur from the North during the Siege of 1695

Object type

drawing

Object number

RP-T-1894-A-3026

Catalogue reference

FMH 2936

Description

Het beleg van Namen in de zomer van 1695 door de Geallieerden onder Willem III. Gezicht achter de geallieerde linies van het beschieten van de stad met kanonnen. Rechtsonder liggen de lichamen van enkele gesneuvelde soldaten; links een officier te paard.

Creation

Artist

draughtsman: Dirk Maas (possibly)

Place

The Hague

Dating

in or after 1695

Material and Technique

Physical features

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

Material

Technique

pen / brush / squared

Measurements

height 352 mm × width 495 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 Apr-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 to RP-T-1894-A-3025 and RP-T-1894-A-3027 to RP-T-1894-A-3032), fl. 140 for all, to the museum (L. 2228)

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Persistent URL

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