Attributed to Jacques de Gheyn III (Haarlem 1596-1641 Utrecht)
Lot 113

Attributed to Jacques de Gheyn III (Haarlem 1596-1641 Utrecht)

A row of five gabled houses; and A polygonal building and a separate view of a tower

Closed13 May 2015

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Attributed to Jacques de Gheyn III (Haarlem 1596-1641 Utrecht)
A row of five gabled houses; and A polygonal building and a separate view of a tower
with number '29 [or 24?]' (recto) (1); and '22' (recto), and two erased inscriptions (verso) (2)
silverpoint on prepared paper
20 x 15.1 cm.; and 19.8 x 15.3 cm.
(2)2

Specialist note

See previous lot.
According to van Regteren Altena, the gabled houses in the first drawing were drawn in Antwerp, and the little tower in the upper part of the second drawing represents the Batsen-toren which stood in the submerged land near Tholen in Zeeland. A drawing of that tower by Claes Jansz. Visscher (1586-1652) in the Rijksmuseum (inv. RP-T-1888-A-1808) shows it had two windows and not one as drawn here. More recently it has been suggested that the tower shown here could be the Plompe Toren in Koudekerke, also in Zeeland.