Lot 457
457
LOW COUNTRIES -- LEIDEN -- "LEYDENS RAMP/DÉSASTRE DE LEIDE. Veröorzaakt door het springen van een Schip met Buskruit, op den 12 Januarij 1807/Causé par l'explosion d'un bateau chargé de poudre, le 12 Janvier 1807". N.pl., Joh. de Vletter & Comp., (n.d., 1809?). Plain aquatint by F.W. Pieneman. 650 x 745 mm. Older framing (w. gilt plaster foliage decoration), blackened glazing w. gold trim. (Frame slightly dam., gold trim gone in places, but print apparently in v.g. condition).
Fascinating view on the ruins left by the devastating explosion of a gunpowder-ship in 1807; we see king Louis Napoleon delivering a speech to the homeless civilians. The light of the torches and the glow of the fires add drama to the scene. Jan Willem Pieneman (1779-1853) was a 19th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands. He played an important role as mentor and tutor to a group of young artists, one of whom was Jozef Israëls. - Muller 5699; Overvoorde 4150.€ 400
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