Copy after Abraham Rademaker
1675-1735
Four Views of the Ruins of Koningsveld
ca. 1725-1750
6 9/16 x 10 1/4 inches (166 x 260 mm)
Pen and brown ink, gray wash and green watercolor, on two sheets of paper joined at the center; framing lines in brown ink dividing the design area into four compartments.
1991.18
Gift of Charles A. Ryskamp in honor of Mrs. Corwin Black.
Notes
The Koningsveld Monastery (Klooster Koningsveld) was founded on the outskirts of the city of Delft in 1251. In 1572, during the Dutch Revolt against the Habsburg rule, this complex of buildings was destroyed following the orders of William the Silent, Prince of Orange (1533-1584), to prevent it from being used by the enemy troops. The four views are based on a series of etchings that Abraham Rademaker (1677-1735) published in his "Kabinet van Nederlandsche outheden en gezichten..." of 1725. For the Morgan Library copy, see inv. PML 76048. See, especially, plates 122-125. Rademaker's prints reproduce drawings made in 1573, thus showing Koningsveld as it looked shortly after its destruction. A related drawing by the same anonymous draftsman is inv. 1993.15. The Morgan is grateful to Jaap Nijstad for his help in cataloguing this sheet.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed by the artist, in brown ink: at upper left corner, "No ["o" in superscript] 2"; at upper center, "Rúïne van t koningsvelt,"; and at upper right, "pag · 348".
Watermark: Arms of Amsterdam over cursive letters "AJ". Rampant lions, crown, three stacked "x"s.
Watermark: Countermark: Letters "IV". Letters are between chain lines.
Watermark: Arms of Amsterdam over cursive letters "AJ". Rampant lions, crown, three stacked "x"s.
Watermark: Countermark: Letters "IV". Letters are between chain lines.
Associated names
Ryskamp, Charles, former owner.
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Century Drawings
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