The Huis ter Nieuburch at Rijswijck, Seen from the South-Southwest
by BISSCHOP, Jan de, Pen and brown ink and wash, 99 x 155 mm
In 1630 the Dutch stadholder Frederick Hendrick bought the Huis ter Nieuburch at Rijswijck, a village between Delft and The Hague. The old country house was demolished and between 1630 and 1634 replaced by the summer palace, seen from the south-southwest in this small drawing.
The rapid sketching style and boldly contrasted light and shadow are typical of De BIsschop’s late work of about 1665-70.