Lot 92: Gerrit Lamberts , Amsterdam 1776 - 1850 two views of Amsterdam: a) the singelgracht with the haarlemmerpoort and the haarlemplein; b) the hoofdwacht on the botermarkt Both pen and brown ink and watercolour, over black chalk, one within black, the

Both pen and brown ink and watercolour, over black chalk, one within black, the other within brown, ink framing lines; each signed, dated and inscribed in brown ink, verso : a) Afbeelding van de Haarlemmer - / poort, van buiten af te zien. / en door het wegbreken der Wallen / te zien in de Stad op het Haarlem- / merplein en dyk / G. Lamberts. 1816. ; b) de Hoofdwacht op de / Botermarkt te amst: / afgebroken A o 1817 / G. Lamberts. Quantity: 2

measurements note a) 211 by 339 mm; b) 153 by 164 mm

a) Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap, Amsterdam gezien door Gerrit Lamberts 1776-1850, 1951, no. 43

A.M. van de Waal, Amsterdam omstreeks 1800, Amsterdam 1965, a) p.73, reproduced; b) p. 122-3, reproduced

J.H.H. Leonhardt (1833-1904);
thence by descent to Mrs. G.E.A.M. Leonhardt-Pilz von Wernhof;
her sale, Amsterdam, Christie's, 20 November 1989, a) lot 263, b) lot 269

The Haarlemmerpoort was built in 1615-8 after designs by Hendrick de Keyser. It was the first of a number of gates to the city constructed in the 17th century. In 1837 it was demolished and the present Haarlemmer- or Willemspoort was constructed. The Botermarkt was a marketplace for dairy products and poultry, where, until the late 19th century, fairs were organised every September. When the statue of Rembrandt was erected in 1852, the area was renamed Rembrandtsplein.