Name: Antique Drawing-HAASDRECHTSEPOORT-CITY GATE-GOUDA-Van der Goes van Dirxland-c.1800-1826
SKU: PICTURA-11509
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Antique Drawing-HAASDRECHTSEPOORT-CITY GATE-GOUDA-Van der Goes van Dirxland-c.1800-1826

€145.00

‘INSCRIBED BELOW: ‘HAASDRECHTSE PORT TE GOUDA ?’.’

– View of Huis te Linschoten, the historic castle near Gouda, surrounded by water with trees and a small bridge in the foreground.

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SKU: PICTURA-11509 Category: Landscape Tag: Topographical

Description

Medium: Pencil and watercolour on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 22.6 x 14.4 cm (8.9 x 5.67 inch). Image size: 22.6 x 14.4 cm. (8.9 x 5.67 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Lightly attached to a carrier. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

HAASDRECHTSE POORT, VAN DER GOES VAN DIRXLAND, DUTCH CASTLE, GOUDA, DUTCH DRAWING | PCO-B11-

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Source: unknown, to be determined.

Biography artist: Maarten, Baron van der Goes van Dirxland (1751-1826) was a Dutch diplomat and politician. Born in The Hague into a prominent regenten family, he served the Batavian Republic as Minister of Foreign Affairs (1798?1808) and later entered Napoleon’s Corps l?gislatif representing the department of Bouches-de-la-Meuse. After the fall of Napoleon he supported King William I of the Netherlands and became a member of the Senate in 1815. Besides his political career he produced amateur drawings, often depicting Dutch landscapes and buildings.