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1642 BEEK, A. / MERIAN, C. - Haus trebnits an der saale.
Haus trebnits an der saale.
| Maker: | BEEK, A. / MERIAN, C. | |
| Date: | The Hague, ca. 1642 | |
| Colored: | In original colors. | |
| Size: | 195 x 200 mm / 7.7 x 7.9 inches | |
| Condition: | In strong original colors engraved title integrated in the enlarged part. Contemporarily laid on paper. Spots of humidity of both quotations. | |
Description
Very decorative and rare panoramic of Trebnitz a.d Saale , Bez. Halle.
The engraver and publisher of prints, Mrs. Anna Beek of the Hague, enlarged the print and mounted it on larger paper: she colored it in pastel colors, adding extensive clouds and brilliant yellow borders. This way of enlarging prints is also known from the famous Van der Hem/Prinz Eugen Atlas and those in the former Royal print collection kept in Jemniste in Czechoslovakia. Very rare. Merian originally published the print.
Anna Beek (1657-1717)
Anna Westerstee, also known as Anna Beek was a print publisher. Daughter of Frederick of Westerstee and Anna van Alphen. Anna Westerstee married Barent Beek (1654 - August 1713), an art dealer and publisher, on 1 May 1678 in The Hague. They had three daughters and four sons. After the local magistrate granted them a divorce, Anna continued the publishing business and possibly assumed her former husband's guild rights.According to Carlyn Osborn at the Library of Congress:
“There was a long tradition of women being intricately involved in the largest map publishing houses (called “ateliers”) in the Low Countries. Women were involved at every level of production: engraving, printing, coloring, and publishing. Ateliers could have a large network of family members working on production at any given time, including wives, daughters, sisters, and widows. It was not uncommon for a widow to take charge of a publishing operation or inherit the guild rights upon the death of a husband, including women from the famed House of Hondius. Because of this, we should not be surprised that Anna Beek ran Chez Beek as Chez Anna Beek following her divorce.”
Little is known about Anna Westerstee, except that her parents married on 10 January 1652 in The Hague. After marrying Barent Beek, Anna became an active publisher. The couple published engraved topographical maps, plans, and views of The Hague, as well as colored prints. Anna signed her prints "Anna van Beek excudit" (issued by Anna van Beek).
Anna Beek was not the only woman active in print and map publishing during the 17th and 18th centuries. Men often founded publishing houses, and it was not uncommon for a widow to take charge of a publishing operation or inherit the guild rights upon her husband's death.
Several patent requests by Anna Beek are known: On 4 October 1697. She requested a patent in the name of Anna Westerstee, wife of Barent Beek. Apparently, her husband was still alive, but she already managed the business at this time:
After her husband's death (22 Augustus 1713), she continued the business, as shown by an application for a patent to the States of Holland on 22 August 1713.
This patent was infringed by the Amsterdam bookseller Abraham Allard and in 1713 he was fined three hundred guilders for selling images of flags and standards, etc., against the patent to Anna Beek.
Collections
Various reference books mention Anna Beek as an engraver. The Municipal Archive of The Hague holds published prints in the "Atlas van Stolk" collection; the engraver is usually Jan van Vianen.
The Library of Congress holds a volume with a collection of Plans of Fortifications and Battles, 1709, and is known as the "Anna Beek Collection", because Anna Beek published many, and most likely she colored these prints.
Willem III of Orange commissioned Anna Beek between 1690 and 1700 and produced for him a collection of 10 volumes of plates. The 10 volumes are bound in richly gilded bindings and bear the Dutch Royal coat of arms.
Mrs. Anna Beek enlarged each print and mounted it on larger paper; she colored it in pastel colors, adding extensive clouds and brilliant yellow borders. This enlargement method is also known from the famous Van der Hem/Prinz Eugen Atlas and from those in the former Royal print collection kept in Jemnice, Czechoslovakia.
These volumes came to market in the 1960s and were split up and sold in European trade.
The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam eventually acquired the volumes with Dutch views from the Amsterdam antiquarian map and book dealer Nico Israel.
German, French, and Spanish dealers bought the other volumes. King William III and Queen Mary II, both Protestants, became joint rulers of the Netherlands in 1689.
William was appointed Stadtholder (chief magistrate) and captain-general of the Dutch forces in 1672 to resist the French invasion of the Netherlands. He forced Louis XIV to make peace in 1678, then focused on building a European alliance against France.
In 1677, he married his cousin Mary, the eldest daughter of James, Duke of York, the future James II. The marriage was intended to repair relations between England and the Netherlands following the Anglo-Dutch wars.
William III was a well-known painting collector. The collection of Stadholder-King William III went under the hammer in Amsterdam on 26 July 1713.
Renowned art collector and agent Jan van Beuningen organized the sale with help from Jan Pietersz. Zomer, the foremost Amsterdam art broker, the auction was a virtual society event attended by
a host of Dutch regents, agents and diplomats as well as European noblemen and princes, including the Elector Palatine Johann Wilhelm, the Elector of Mainz Lothar Franz von Schönborn, Anton Ulrich Duke of Braunschweig and James Brydges Duke of Chandos. They all took an interest in the pictures from the gallery at Het Loo Palace, William III's summer residence. This book sheds new light on the auction itself and its organization, placing it in the context of the international art trade. It explores the links between cultural agents, art brokers, bankers, diplomats, and collectors.
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