Lot 195: DIRK VERRIJK

DIRK VERRIJK HAARLEM 1734 - 1786 THE HAGUE A PAIR OF VIEWS OF THE CASTLE OF LOENERSLOOT Quantity: 2 Both watercolour and touches of gum arabic; both signed in black ink: A. Verrijk del ad viv. , both inscribed in brown ink, verso : Het Slot Abcoude bij Loendersloot Each 178 by 272 mm

Amsterdam, Rijksprentenkabinet, De Verzameling van A. Schwarz, 1968, cat. no. 108

Both bear pencil inscriptions on the mounts stating that they were purchased 20 January 1777 from 'Wilderman';
sale, Amsterdam, 12-14 December 1955, lot 544, reproduced;
with Gebr. Douwes, Amsterdam, 1963, cat. no. 70;
sale, Amsterdam, 29 November 1965, lot 646A (ex-cat);
Mr A. Schwarz;
by whose heirs sold, Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 15 November 1994, lot 9

Comparison with drawings of Loenersloot and of nearby Abcoude by Roelant Roghman demonstrate beyond doubt that the building depicted in these two drawings is, despite the old inscriptions on the mounts, Loenersloot.υ1 Drs. Robert-Jan te Rijdt noted when the drawings were sold in 1994 that a second version, with different staffage, of the watercolour with the masted canal boat to the left is in the Koninklijk Huisarchief, The Hague.υ2

1. See Jhr. H.W.M. van der Wyck, et al, De kasteeltekeningen van Roelant Roghman, 2 vols., Alphen aan den Rijn 1990, vol. I, cat nos. 3-6, 106-107
2. Inv. no. D-C A/T 369, see A.G. Schulte, Dirk Verrijk, 1734-1786, tekeningen en schetsen, de provincies Noord- en Zuid-Holland, Utrecht en Zeeland, Alphen aan den Rijn 1993, cat. no. 33, reproduced