Lot 128: AUGUST ALLEBÉ DUTCH, 1838-1927

signed with monogram and dated 64 l.l.

oil on canvas

PROVENANCE

Amsterdam, Historische Galerij Arti et Amicitiae
Sale Amsterdam (Fred. Muller & Co.), 27 February 1917, no. 81, illustrated
Sale Amsterdam (Paul Brandt), 19-22 April 1966, no. 133, illustrated

LITERATURE AND REFERENCES

C. Vosmaer, 'August Allebé', Onze hedendaagsche schilders, part 2, Amsterdam 1884, p. 3
F.M. Lurasco, Onze Moderne Meesters, Amsterdam 1907
J. Knoef, 'Over historieschildering en een historische galerij', Elsevier's Geïllustreerd Maandschrift, 42 (1932), part 84, p. 21
J. Knoef, 'Over historieschildering en een historische galerij', p. 166
J. Knoef, Unpublished manuscript on August Allebé, Rijksdienst voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie, The Hague, ca. 1940-1945, pp. 30, 92
W. Loos, C. van Tuyll van Serooskerken, 'Waarde heer Allebé, Leven en werk van August Allebé (1838-1927), Zwolle 1988, cat.no. 61

CATALOGUE NOTE

An engraving of this work was made by W. Steelink for J. van Lennep, W. Moll & J. ter Gouw, Nederlands Geschiedenis en Volksleven in schetsen, Leiden, no. 94

This scene depicts the military engineer Menno, Baron Van Coehoorn defending his own creation, the fortress of Namen. This fortress was taken in 1692 by his rival the great French engineer Marshal Vauban, who served under Louis XIV. The Dutch engineer had his revenge three years later, when the place, on which in the meantime Vauban had lavished his skill, fell to his attack. Van Coehoorn was now appointed lieutenant-general and inspector-general of the Dutch fortresses.

VAUBAN EN VAN COEHOORN VOOR DE VESTING NAMEN, 1692

87 by 128 cm.