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JEAN JACQUES DELORME (c. 1680-AFTER 1756)
View of the Weertpoort in Utrecht
signed and dated 'J: J: de Lorme del adviv 1754' and '1756' (on the mount), inscribed in the artist's hand 'de Weert Poort te Utrecht (beneath the drawing), and inscribed in a later hand 'Weert poort tot Utrecht' (on the mount)
pen and grey ink, grey wash, grey ink framing lines, partial watermark Strasbourg lily with initials WR
7⅝ x 11½ in. (19.5 x 29.2 cm.); together with Dutch School, 18th Century, A Dutch river scene; Dirk Verrijk (1734-1786), View of Mechelen; and Dutch School, 18th Century, A man sleeping; and A woman eating

Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 18 MAy 1981, lot 184, where acquired by
Dr J.A.M. Smit (1935-2006).
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Please note this lot is the property of a consumer. See H1 of the Conditions of Sale.
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Delorme is known for a number of views in and around Utrecht, one of his works showing a similar view to the present drawing but of the Tolsteegpoort in Utrecht was engraved by Pierre-François Basan (1723-1797).

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