View of the Fortress of Saint-Michiel, near ’s-Hertogenbosch

View of the Fortress of Saint-Michiel, near ’s-Hertogenbosch

RP-T-1888-A-1615

draftsman (artist): attributed to Josua de Grave, Den Bosch

1672

pen and brown ink, with grey wash; possibly later additions in watercolour and dark grey wash; framing line in black ink

height 111 mm x width 196 mm

Public domain

…; ? collection Willem Gruyter, sr (1763-1832), Amsterdam;{Based on inscription on the verso.} ? his son, Willem Gruyter, jr (1817-1880), Amsterdam; ? his sale, Amsterdam (C.F. Roos and C.F. Roos, jr.), 24 October 1882 sqq., no. 180, together with 15 other drawings, fl. 43 for all, to ‘van Gogh’;{Note RKD.} …; acquired by the museum (L. 2228), with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt, 1888{For security reasons, the drawing was transferred from the Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken to the museum in 1888.}

R.J.G.M. van Hasselt, Drie tekenaars van topografische prenten in Brabant en elders: Valentijn Klotz, Josua de Grave en Constantijn Huygens Jr., uit: Jaarboek / Oudheidkundige Kring 'De Ghulden Roos', Roosendaal, 25, 1965, pagina 145-192 - afb. 159

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