inscribed ’t Drop Brūmen. den: 11 Sept: 1743’ (pen and grey ink over a graphite inscription) and with number ‘9311’, ‘iii’, ‘49’ and with inscription ‘D’ and attribution ‘Dirk van der Burg’ (verso)
pen and grey ink, grey wash
13.2 x 19.8 cm

Provenance:
Cornelis Ploos van Amstel (1726-1798), Amsterdam (L. 3004; ‘h. 5 1/4/ b 7 1/[?]’); van der Schley et al., Amsterdam, 3 March 1800, kunstboek ZZ, part of no. 23.
Friedrich Gauermann (1807-1862), Vienna (L. 1003).
Anonymous sale; Menno Herzberger, Amsterdam, 4 June 1940, lot 25 (as Dirk van der Burg).
Christiaan Pieter van Eeghen (1880-1968), Amsterdam (L. 6016) and by descent.
Private collection, The Netherlands (acquired from the descendants of the above).

Literature:
C.P. van Eeghen, ‘Dirk van der Burg of Jan de Beyer’, Oud Holland, LIX, 1942, p. 23, fig. 1. H. Romers, J. de Beijer oeuvre-catalogus, The Hague, 1969, no. 77.

The attribution of the present drawing, executed in Jan de Beijer’s characteristic quick pen work, but carrying an attribution to Dirk van der Burg, prompted Christiaan Pieter van Eeghen to publish an article in Oud Holland exploring attribution issues for drawings by the latter artist (see literature). While the present sheet was correctly attributed when it was sold as part Cornelis Ploos van Amstel’s collection in 1800 (along with nearly a hundred drawings by Jan de Beijer), it was later attributed to Dirk van der Burg (see inscription verso). Van Eeghen noted that, based on stylistic grounds and the characteristic inscription by De Beijer at the top, the sheet should be attributed to Jan de Beijer, an attribution confirmed by Romers in 1969 (see literature). As observed by Van Eeghen, the drawing comes from a broken-up sketchbook which he executed during a trip through Gelderland in 1743. [1]

[1] C.P. van Eeghen, op. cit., p. 25.