Lot 910
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BIJLAERT/BYLAERT/BIJLART, Johan Jacob (1734-1809). (Watercolour coats of arms of Dutch nobility). (Probably Leiden), 1786. Original water coloured pen drawings of 15 coats of arms on vellum, r° only. 325 x 423 mm. Signed and dated in ink in the lower margin.
Beautifully drawn coats of arms of family crests. All families mentioned were genealogically related in some way: Van Alphen, Van Musschenbroeck, Van de Wall, Van de Water, Van Wittich, Van Winter, Van Beeckman, Van Hegh, Van den Santheuvel, Orizandt, Beljaart and Van Steeland. Executed by the Dutch artist and engraver Johan Jacob Bijlaert, born in Rotterdam, but active in Leiden. Works by him are kept in several Dutch museums, including the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.€ 500
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