Albert Meijeringh (Amsterdam 1645-1714)

According to Arnold Houbraken (1660-1719), Meijeringh spent around ten years in France and Italy, from circa 1672 to 1684, of which at least part was spent in the company of Johannes Glauber (1646-1726) (A. Houbraken, De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen, Amsterdam, 1721, III, p. 210). Houbraken also suggests that Meijeringh could have visited Hamburg on his journey back to Holland, and a small number of drawings from the environs of this city seem to support this (A. Zwollo, Hollandse en Vlaamse veduteschilders te Rome 1675-1725, Assen, 1973, pp. 19-20). The architecture shown in the present view seems to suggest that this drawing more likely shows a view in Germany or France, rather than one in Italy.