Fredericus Theodorus Renard 1778 - 1820

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Description

Fredericus Theodorus Renard
The Diemen toll gate at the Outerwaler bridge, Amsterdam; The toll gate at Sloterdijk, Amsterdam.
the first signed l.r.: Renard, the second l.r. Re....
the first inscribed on the reverse: No. 18: DIEMERTOL HEK and the second: Inv. No. 4. TOLHEK BY. SLOTERDYK
a pair, both oil on panel
each: 23.5 by 32cm.; 9 1/4 by 12 1/2 in.

Provenance

With M. Wolff, Amsterdam, before 1976

Literature

E.J. Sluÿter, "Shorter notices; Fredericus Theodorus Renard (1778-?)", in Oud Holland, vol. III, 1974, pp. 232-241, under cat. nos. 3a and 3b, reproduced nos. 4 and 5.

Catalogue Note

Fredericus Theodorus Renard (1778-1820) was a topographical artist from Amsterdam who painted in the style of Hendrik Keun (1738-1787), Jacob Cats (1741-1799) and Isaac Ouwater (1750-1793). These Dutch landscape painters from the late 18th century painted mainly after prints by Jan de Beyer (1703-c. 1785), Pieter van Liender (1727-1779) and Hermanus Pieter Schouten (1747-1822). These paintings are painted after two prints by H. P. Schouten (see: Gezichten van voornaame Hollandse dorpen, Evert Maaskamp, Amsterdam circa 1775) and are datable to circa 1800 to 1815.
We are grateful to Professor Dr Sluÿter for confirming these as the paintings published in his article (see literature) on the basis of photographs.