Cornelis Brandenburg ( 1884 - 1954 ) - Den Haag, Hofvijver met de Gevangenpoort.

Cornelis Brandenburg (1884 - 1954).

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The Hague - Gevangenpoort.

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Etching - 10 x 15 cm.

With passe-partout and frame - 20.5 x 25 cm.

An etching from the well-known and sought-after series of etchings with the 10 x 15 cm.

A wintery sight at the Court Pond with the Prison Gate (right).

This etching is described and depicted in his oeuvre book under number: CB228M.

The etching is signed by the artist in the lower right, in pencil.

Etching is ACID-FREE and framed with an acid-free passe-partout and oak colour frame of 1 cm wide.

Etching, mat are in very good condition.

Frame has small scratches, not bothersome.

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Cornelis Brandenburg was born in 1884 in Wormerveer.

In the year 1902, he moved to Amsterdam and studied at the Tekenschool for Kunstambachten.

He worked at “De Distel” in Amsterdam as a painter of pottery.

Thereafter, he concentrated fully on etching and became the most important etcher of the canals of Amsterdam.

He produced over 100 etchings of Amsterdam and the archives of Amsterdam own more than 60 of them.

He died in Amsterdam in 1954.

Of his work a book was published with all his etchings.

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