View of Namur from the East during the Siege of 1695

Dirk Maas, 1695

Gezicht op Namen, belegerd in de zomer van 1695 door de Geallieerden onder Willem III. Gezicht vanuit de heuvels op Namen en de citadel. Linksonder kanonnen die op de stad staan gericht.

  • Artwork typedrawing
  • Object numberRP-T-1894-A-3024
  • Dimensionsheight 383 mm x width 516 mm
  • Physical characteristicspen and black and grey ink, with watercolour and some opaque white, over preliminary indications, squaring and orthogonals in graphite; framing line in black ink

Identification

  • Title(s)

    View of Namur from the East during the Siege of 1695

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-T-1894-A-3024

  • Description

    Gezicht op Namen, belegerd in de zomer van 1695 door de Geallieerden onder Willem III. Gezicht vanuit de heuvels op Namen en de citadel. Linksonder kanonnen die op de stad staan gericht.

  • Part of catalogue

  • Catalogue reference

    FMH 2936

Creation

  • Creation

    • draftsman (artist): Dirk Maas, Haarlem
    • draftsman (artist): Dirk Maas, The Hague

  • Dating

    1695

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

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

  • Dimensions

    height 383 mm x width 516 mm

This work is about

  • Person

  • Subject

  • Place

  • Period

    1695

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-3025 to RP-T-1894-A-3032), fl. 140 for all, to the museum (L. 2228)

Documentation

  • Frederik Muller, De Nederlandsche geschiedenis in platen : beredeneerde beschrijving van Nederlandsche historieplaten, zinneprenten en historische kaarten, 4 delen, F. Muller, Amsterdam 1863-1882, dl. I (jaren 100 tot 1702), p. 448, nr. 2936.

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