View of ships in Amsterdam harbour and on the Ij, with the arsenal (‘s lands zeemagazijn) of the Admiralty of Amsterdam on the left. thumbnail 1
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View of ships in Amsterdam harbour and on the Ij, with the arsenal (‘s lands zeemagazijn) of the Admiralty of Amsterdam on the left.

Drawing
1773 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sea piece, with a pier on the left, and men working in a large barge carrying stores near several ships at anchor; Pen and bistre, washed with Indian ink; Signed Kobell 1773.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleView of ships in Amsterdam harbour and on the Ij, with the arsenal (‘s lands zeemagazijn) of the Admiralty of Amsterdam on the left. (published title)
Materials and techniques
Pen and brown ink, with grey wash; framing line in black ink. Signed at upper left, in brown ink,<i> Kobell f 1773</i>; and inscribed at lower right, in brown ink (with the museum’s Dyce inv. no.), <i>487</i>. Inscribed on old Dyce ruled mount, in pencil: at lower right, by Dyce, <i>Kobell</i>; above this, in a nineteenth-century hand (with Dyce’s original inv. no.), <i>151</i>; and underneath drawing, at centre, <i>6</i>.
Brief description
Kobell, Hendrick;View of ships in Amsterdam harbour and on the Ij, with the arsenal (‘s lands zeemagazijn) of the Admiralty of Amsterdam on the left.; Pen and bistre, washed with Indian ink; Signed; Dutch School; 1773.
Physical description
Sea piece, with a pier on the left, and men working in a large barge carrying stores near several ships at anchor; Pen and bistre, washed with Indian ink; Signed Kobell 1773.
Dimensions
  • Height: 107mm
  • Width: 158mm
Style
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
Signed Kobell 1773, top-left corner.
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Object history
Provenance: Rev. Alexander Dyce (1798–1869), London, by whom bequeathed to the museum (L. Suppl. 153b), 1869.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Jane Shoaf Turner and Christopher White, Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum (London, 2014), vol. I, cat.100, pp.146-47
Collection
Accession number
DYCE.487

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
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