Null LOW COUNTRIES -- LEIDEN -- GOETZEE, M.J. "Leijden". N.D. Pair of drawings o…
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LOW COUNTRIES -- LEIDEN -- GOETZEE, M.J. "Leijden". N.d. Pair of drawings on wove paper in watercolour of 'de Leidse buskruitramp' which took place on 12 January 1807. 410 x 510 each. Both clumsily 'remargined' at v°. (Both a bit browned/faded, but in good condition). NOTE: Possibly copies of already existing views by Govert Kitsen (FMH 5719 & 5720) made by Martinus Johannes Goetzee (1756-1830)? A series of watercolours in the Utrecht Archives, made after prints from 1772, is signed in the same way. They are also of remarkably good quality. With thanks to Mrs Arti Ponsen who did research for us.

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LOW COUNTRIES -- LEIDEN -- GOETZEE, M.J. "Leijden". N.d. Pair of drawings on wove paper in watercolour of 'de Leidse buskruitramp' which took place on 12 January 1807. 410 x 510 each. Both clumsily 'remargined' at v°. (Both a bit browned/faded, but in good condition). NOTE: Possibly copies of already existing views by Govert Kitsen (FMH 5719 & 5720) made by Martinus Johannes Goetzee (1756-1830)? A series of watercolours in the Utrecht Archives, made after prints from 1772, is signed in the same way. They are also of remarkably good quality. With thanks to Mrs Arti Ponsen who did research for us.

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