Old Master Drawings
Old Master Drawings
DUTCH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY | TWO VIEWS OF THE BEACH AND VILLAGE OF EGMOND AAN ZEE
Auction Closed
January 29, 05:09 PM GMT
Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
Lot Details
Description
DUTCH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY
TWO VIEWS OF THE BEACH AND VILLAGE OF EGMOND AAN ZEE
One black chalk and brown and blue wash, the other black chalk and gray wash, both within brown ink framing lines;
the first dated in brown ink, lower left: 1735
Each approximately 200 by 320 mm; 7¾ by 12⅝ in
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Prof. Jhr. Dr. Jan Six van Hillegom en Wimmenum (1857-1926);
Jhr. ir. G.C. (Gijs) Six van Wimmenum (1892–1975), thence by decent to the present owners
The Sint Agnes church of Egmond aan Zee, situated right beside the sea, was engulfed and destroyed in 1741. The Six family manor of Wimmenum was situated next to the village, and therefore the Six family were avid collectors of paintings and drawings of the village, castle and abbey of Egmond.
As Charles Dumas has kindly informed us, although the maker of these distinctively drawn views cannot currently be identified, they are of considerable historical interest, as they show a shack, to the left of the church, where old and retired fishermen came together to talk with about the past, while looking out over the sea. Several representations are known of a comparable shack at Scheveningen (called the Kalhuis), but until now, it was not known that a comparable structure existed at Egmond.