Views of the ruins of Egmond Abbey and Egmond Castle
Drawing
1670-1731 (made)
1670-1731 (made)
| Artist/Maker |
Two views of Egmond in the province of North Holland, each in a feigned roundel with an ornamental cartouche underneath. On top is the ruined north tower of Egmond Abbey at Egmond-Binnen, a village about 8km west of Alkmaar. It is seen from the south-southeast, with two cows in front and two figures clambering on a low wall of stones at left. In the roundel on the bottom are the remains of Op den Hoef castle at Egmond aan den Hoef, situated 1km west of the abbey. The castle is seen from the southeast, across the moat, with a shepherd and shepherdess and their flocks resting near a large boulder in the foreground, and a tree framing the composition on the right.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Views of the ruins of Egmond Abbey and Egmond Castle (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and black ink, with grey wash, over traces of red chalk; pinholes at centres of the two roundels (where circles were drawn with compasses) and the contours indented with a stylus; framing line in black ink. |
| Brief description | Drawing, 'Views of the Ruins of Egmond Abbey and Egmond Castle', Jan Goeree, Pen and black ink, late 17th to early 18th century |
| Physical description | Two views of Egmond in the province of North Holland, each in a feigned roundel with an ornamental cartouche underneath. On top is the ruined north tower of Egmond Abbey at Egmond-Binnen, a village about 8km west of Alkmaar. It is seen from the south-southeast, with two cows in front and two figures clambering on a low wall of stones at left. In the roundel on the bottom are the remains of Op den Hoef castle at Egmond aan den Hoef, situated 1km west of the abbey. The castle is seen from the southeast, across the moat, with a shepherd and shepherdess and their flocks resting near a large boulder in the foreground, and a tree framing the composition on the right. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed by the artist in feigned cartouches below each view, in black ink, EGMONT BINNEN. and EGMONT OP DEN HOEF. |
| Object history | Provenance: Miss Emily Dalton (1816/17–1900), Leicester, by whom bequeathed to the museum (NAL dry stamp on recto and Dalton Bequest purple ink stamp on verso; neither in Lugt), 1900. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Jane Shoaf Turner and Christopher White, Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2014, Vol. 1, Cat. 67, illustrated. p. 114 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | D.975-1900 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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