Lot 246: PAULUS VAN LIENDER UTRECHT 1731 - 1797 HAARLEM

pen and grey ink and wash over black chalk, within grey ink framing lines; upper corners shaped
Inv.nr. N 332

191 by 354 mm.

's Hertogenbosch, Noordbrabants Museum/Amsterdam, Toneelmuseum, De achtergrond belicht; Ontwerpen voor theater, 1580-1850, 1976, cat. no. 34;
Amsterdam/Dordrecht 1994-5, cat. no. 47

This drawing was engraved by Jan Punt as one of a series of twelve prints recording various stage designs made for the original Amsterdam 'Schouwburg', which burned down in 1772. Though the drawing is unsigned, the print states that it is by 'P.v.Liender', which must refer to Paulus van Liender, who spent several years in Amsterdam between about 1750 and 1760; his brother, Pieter Jan, always lived in Utrecht.