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Study of the entrance to the northwest(?) bastion of the remains of Kasteel Vredenburg, Utrecht

Drawing
17th century (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Saftleven, Herman (II) (artist)
Place of origin
Holland (drawn)

An arched entrance to an underground area in an earthwork rampart, with the doors thrown wide open. On the left and right sides are glimpses of simple structures that emerge at right angles from the rampart. To the right of the doorway is a window to the same underground structure. The window and the arched doorway, as well as vaulted ceilings further inside the structure, are supported by brick voussoirs.


Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
TitleStudy of the entrance to the northwest(?) bastion of the remains of Kasteel Vredenburg, Utrecht (published title)
Materials and techniques
Black chalk, with grey wash on paper; thick framing line in dark brown ink.
Paper
Black Chalk
Indian Ink
Grey Wash
Drawing
Wash Technique
Brief description
Drawing, Study of the entrance to the northwest(?) bastion of the remains
of Kasteel Vredenburg, Utrecht, Herman Saftleven (II), Dutch School, 17th century
Physical description
An arched entrance to an underground area in an earthwork rampart, with the doors thrown wide open. On the left and right sides are glimpses of simple structures that emerge at right angles from the rampart. To the right of the doorway is a window to the same underground structure. The window and the arched doorway, as well as vaulted ceilings further inside the structure, are supported by brick voussoirs.
Dimensions
  • Height: 103mm
  • Width: 156mm
Style
Dutch School
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • Inscribed at lower right, in brown ink (with the museum’s Dyce inv. no.), 451
  • Inscribed on verso, at lower centre right, in an eighteenth-century hand, in brown ink, 740
  • Inscribed on old Dyce (?) plain washed mount, in pencil: at right, by Dyce, H Saftleven; and above that, in a nineteenth-century hand (with Dyce’s original inv. no.), 135
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Object history
Rev. Alexander Dyce (1798–1869), London, by whom bequeathed to the museum (L. Suppl. 153b), 1869.
Subjects depicted
Doors
Cellars
Bibliographic references
  • DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
  • Jane Shoaf Turner and Christopher White, Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum (London, 2014), vol.I, cat.176, pp.226-27
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
DYCE.451

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O240924/study-of-the-entrance-to-drawing-saftleven-herman-ii/
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