GERRIT LAMBERTS | A view of the carpenters' guild house on the Reguliersdwarsstraat, Amsterdam, with coaches being repaired

J.H.H. Leonhardt (1833-1904),
thence by descent to Mrs. G.E.A.M. Leonhardt-Pilz von Wernhof,
her sale, Amsterdam, Christie's, 20 November 1989, lot 278,
where acquired by the present owners

Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap, Amsterdam gezien door Gerrit Lamberts 1776-1850, 1951, no. 107;
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap, Amsterdam in tekening/Verzameling Leonhardt, 1962, no. 51

Hinge mounted in two places along the upper edge to a modern mount. There is evidence of light scattered foxing throughout the sheet, though only really noticeable in the sky. The image itself remains very strong throughout and the watercolor retains much of its original vibrancy and color. Sold in a modern wooden frame.
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Lamberts’ career as an artist commenced circa 1810, when he began producing topographical drawings, generally depicting some of the quieter neighborhoods of Amsterdam, which he would sell to collectors, who sought out prints and drawings of this subject matter to add to “atlases”. This drawing once belonged to the noted "Atlas of Amsterdam", compiled by Johannes Hermanus Henricus Leonhardt (1833-1904) and, as previously noted, depicts the Reguliersdwarsstraat, which runs beside many of the old coach houses of the large houses on the Herengracht. Though many of Lamberts’ drawings were executed in monochrome wash, he also sometimes, as here, employed watercolor, resulting in a highly idiosyncratic palette, rich in pink and purple washes.