Lot 51: Pieter Cosijn Rijswijk 1630 - after 1667 , a view of the Huis ter Nieuburch near Rijswijk, with peasants in the foreground

signed with initials and dated lower right: 1654/ PC oil on panel

measurements note 56.8 by 59.1 cm.

With Heinemann (Munich?);
Anonymous sale, Amsterdam, Christie's, 20 June 1989, lot 42 (both the above as Pieter van der Croos);
With X. Scheidwimmer, Munich, 1989.

THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

The Huis ter Nieuburch in Rijswijk was built for Prince Frederik Hendrik around 1634 as a rural retreat for Princess Amalia and their children. In 1697 the house gave its name to the Peace of Rijswijk, a treaty which made an end to the 9-year-war between England, the Seven Provinces of Holland, France and the states of Germany. The house was demolished in 1783.

Another view by Cosyn, seen from a similar angle, is in the Michaelis Collection, Cape Townυ. [1]

[1] See Beck under Literature, p. 130, no. 337, reproduced.