Antique Drawing-HAASDRECHTSEPOORT-CITY GATE-GOUDA-Van der Goes van Dirxland-c.1800-1826
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Description Medium: Pencil and watercolour on wove (vellin) paper. Sheet size: 22.6 x 14.4 cm (8.9 x 5.67 inch). Image size: 22.6 x 14.4 cm. (8.9 x 5.67 inch). Condition: good, given age. Lightly attached to a carrier. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. HAASDRECHTSE POORT, VAN DER GOES VAN DIRXLAND, DUTCH CASTLE, GOUDA, DUTCH DRAWING | PCO-B11- BACKGROUND INFORMATION Source: unknown, to be determined. Biography artist: Maarten, Baron van der Goes van Dirxland (1751-1826) was a Dutch diplomat and politician. Born in The Hague into a prominent regenten family, he served the Batavian Republic as Minister of Foreign Affairs (1798?1808) and later entered Napoleon’s Corps l?gislatif representing the department of Bouches-de-la-Meuse. After the fall of Napoleon he supported King William I of the Netherlands and became a member of the Senate in 1815. Besides his political career he produced amateur drawings, often depicting Dutch landscapes and buildings.
