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Abraham Rademaker
The ruins of the Castle of Egmond
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March 24, 03:50 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Abraham Rademaker
Lisse 1675-1735 Haarlem
The ruins of the Castle of Egmond
Point of the brush and brown and grey wash over traces of black chalk, within pen and brown ink framing lines;
inscribed upper centre: de ruine van t slot van Egmond van binnen
unframed: 180 by 236 mm
framed: 410 by 450 mm
Henry M. Knight (1903-1970);
with Theo Laurentius, Voorschoten 1972
The ruins of Egmond Castle, known locally as ‘Slot op den Hoef’ inspired many Dutch and Flemish artists, who featured the historic site in their paintings, drawings and engravings. They were drawn by Roelant Roghman and Jan van Kessel and painted by Jacob van Ruisdael and Gerrit Adriaensz Berckheyde, among others.
The castle, once the seat of the Counts of Egmond, was destroyed at the command of the Prince of Orange to prevent the Spanish Army from occupying it during the Dutch struggle for independence from Spanish rule in the late sixteenth century.
Another drawing and engraving of the castle by Rademaker is at the British Museum, London.1
1. Abraham Rademaker, View of the Castle of Egmont, Inv. no. Ff,4.136 (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_Ff-4-136)