
Sailboats on Canal near Spaarendam
1751 · Pen and gray ink with brush and gray wash over graphite, on ivory laid paper, tipped onto cream laid card
12.6 × 18.1 cm (5 × 7 3/16 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
Jan de Beijer, also given as Jan de Beyer, was a Dutch draughtsman and painter known for this drawings of towns and buildings in the present-day countries of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. In total, he produced some 1500 drawings, over 600 of which were reproduced as engravings by other artists.
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