Old Master and British Works on Paper
Old Master and British Works on Paper
Lots 306-373: Property from the Collection of A.M. ('Ton') van den Broek
Pieter Barbiers
The Church and Abbey Ruins of Rijnsburg
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January 25, 09:53 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 USD
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Lots 306-373: Property from the Collection of A.M. ('Ton') van den Broek
Pieter Barbiers
Amsterdam 1772 - 1837 Haarlem
View of Rijnsburg
Pen and ink and watercolour, within pen and black ink framing lines;
signed in pen and brown ink, verso: Barbiers and bears attribution in black chalk: B. P. Barbiers 1772 - 1837
187 by 237 mm; 7⅜ by 9⅜ in.
where purchased by A.M. ('Ton') van den Broek (1932-1995), Haarlem (bears his mark, verso, not in Lugt)
J. Bolten, 'De ruïne van Rijnsburg in prent en tekening 1600-1812', Delineavit et Sculpsit, 13, p. 86, cat. 106 (as Attributed to Pieter Barbiers I (1717-1780))
As is clear from the extensive study and catalogue of images edited by Jaap Bolten (see Literature), the picturesque ruins of the Abbey of Rijnsburg were a favourite subject for Dutch artists through the centuries, and one that was laden with historical and national significance. The abbey had been founded in 1133, and throughout its history only accepted female members of the nobility as members, becoming the most prestigious women's religious house in Holland. In 1574, however, it was destroyed by the Spanish armies, and thereafter the ruins were widely seen as a symbolic reminder of the ultimately successful resistance of the Protestant northern provinces of the Netherlands in the face of Catholic Spanish aggression.