FRANÇOIS JOSEPH PFEIFFER THE YOUNGER | VIEW OF THE ABBEY OF EGMOND

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January 21, 06:17 PM GMT

Estimate

2,000 - 2,500 GBP

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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JHR. IR. G.C. (GIJS) SIX VAN WIMMENUM (1892-1975)

FRANÇOIS JOSEPH PFEIFFER THE YOUNGER

Liège 1778 - 1835 Terborg

VIEW OF THE ABBEY OF EGMOND

Pen and brown ink and grey ink with grey and brown wash over black chalk;

signed in pen and brown ink, verso: F. J. Pfeiffer in. fecit. Ruine van de Abdey van Egmond. van agteren op de linkerseyde - 1806.

246 by 351 mm

Hieronymus Nicolaas Baron van Slingelandt (1787 - 1844);

Hieronyma Maria Antonia Fortunata Baronesse van Slingelandt (1814 - 1875) married to Jhr Jacob Pieter Teding van Berkhout (1810 - 1892);

Jkvr Catharina IsabellaTeding van Berkhout (1837 - 1886), who married to Jean Antoine Corneille Bosch Reitz;

Sigisbert Chrétien Bosch Reitz (1860 -1938);

by descent to his godson and nephew, Jhr Gijsbert Christiaan Six van Wimmenum (1892 - 1975);

Thence by descent

Hieronymus van Slingelandt was a governor of the town theatre in Amsterdam and was responsible for the stage productions from 1820 onward. Pfeiffer designed sets for various operas, ballets and plays.

Van Slingelandt owned a model of the theatre, for which Pfeiffer made six 'background' decorations. It appears that the present drawing is listed in van Slingelandt’s inventory of the miniature stage, paintings and drawings made after his death in 1845, “Vier grote dito [Teekeningen], Ruïnes, door denzelfden [F.J. Pfeiffer] dfl 60,-.'