Live Auction 15774Old Master & British Drawings & Watercolours
Hermanus Petrus Schouten (Amsterdam 1747-1822 Haarlem)
Lot 66

Hermanus Petrus Schouten (Amsterdam 1747-1822 Haarlem)

A view of the Waag on the Dam, Amsterdam

Closed3 July 2018

Price Realised

GBP 5,000

Considering selling a similar item?

Discover its value with a complimentary estimate from our specialists.

More Information

How to sell

Hermanus Petrus Schouten (Amsterdam 1747-1822 Haarlem)
A view of the Waag on the Dam, Amsterdam
inscribed 'de Waagh op den dam tot amsterdam' (verso)
traces of black chalk, pen and grey ink, grey wash, watermark fleur-de-lys, grey ink framing lines
8 3/8 x 12 3/8 in. (21.2 x 31.5 cm)

D.C. Meijer Jr.; R.W.P. de Vries, Amsterdam, 17-20 March 1910, lot 483.
Louis August Weinrich (1864-1926), Amsterdam (L. 1713a); R.W.P. de Vries, Amsterdam, 13-14 December 1926, lot 119.
P. Schmidt van Gelder, Vogelenzang.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Amsterdam, 10 November 1997, lot 223.

Specialist note

The Waag on the Dam square was built in 1565 and was the first monumental building in the Renaissance style in Amsterdam. This view shows the building before its reconstruction in 1770-75 because of subsidence. A drawing by Schouten with a comparable view of the reconstructed Waag was used for Pieter Fouquet's Atlas of Amsterdam, first published in 1778. In 1808 the Waag was demolished by order of King Louis Bonaparte, Napoleon's brother, whose view was obscured by the building. A drawing by Gerrit Lamberts showing this event was sold at Christie's, Amsterdam, 16 April 2002, lot 1205.