Drawings and paintings Constantijn Huygens Jr.



a pencil drawing of castle zuilichem attributed huygens inscriptions: t huijs te zuylichem , august 1657 . castle renovated constantijn huygens sr. in 1630.


like ancestor joris hoefnagel constantijn practised skill in drawing. death of father in 1687, inherited heerlijkheid , castle of zuilichem (nearby zaltbommel), became known lord of zuilichem (in dutch: heer van zuilichem). huygens jr. made drawings , paintings, depicting castle in period between 1650 till 1660. can seen @ museum maarten van rossum @ zaltbommel.


constantijn art connoisseur , advised setting gallery in kensington palace. connected codex windsor , codex huygens. according huygens romeyn de hooghe illustrated la puttana errante, erotic book pietro aretino.









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