Quality in Detail. The Juli and Andrew Wieg Collection
Quality in Detail. The Juli and Andrew Wieg Collection
Jacobus Buys
Two designs for book illustrations
Lot Closed
March 24, 04:13 PM GMT
Estimate
600 - 800 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Jacobus Buys
Amsterdam 1724 - 1801
Two designs for book illustrations
Both pen and black ink and grey wash;
both signed in pen and grey ink, lower right: J. Buys. F; both bear inventory numbers, verso: INV. NR. 177 and 178
unframed: each 141 by 84 mm
framed: each 340 by 270 mm
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Buys was born in Amsterdam and studied under Cornelis Pronk, Jacob de Wit and Cornelis Troost. He was a painter, draughtsman and designer and was appointed Director of the Amsterdam Art Academy in 1768.
These two designs for book illustrations, theatrically drawn with gesticulating figures in indoor and outdoor settings, demonstrate the extent to which Buys absorbed his teacher Troost's great gift for communicating dramatic narratives.