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Jacob Maurer (Schaffhausen 1737 – Utrecht 1780)
A Pair of Trompe l’Oeil Grisaille Pictures of Herm Figures in Niches representing Flora (Spring) and Ceres
(Summer)
Third Quarter 18th Century
Both with monogram I.b M
Oil on Canvas
Framed dimensions 221 x 106.5 cm (7 ft. 3 in. x 3 ft. 6 in.)
Provenance: Sold Frederik Muller & Compagnie, Amsterdam, 26 November 1912, "Décorations Intérieures,
Tentures et Autres Panneaux Décoratifs, Salon Louis XVI-Boiseries-Cheminées Provenant e.a. de l’Hôtel à La
Haye de Feu Son Excellence Von Weckherlin de l’Eglise dite Fransche Kerk au N.Z. Voorburgwal à Amsterdam et
de diférentes maisons patriciennes de la Hollande", Lot 12
Born in Switzerland, Maurer trained at the Amsterdam Academy and spent most of his career in Utrecht, where he
painted history pictures, genre subjects and portraits of the local gentry. He was director of the Utrecht Art Academy
from 1770-80. One of his most important surviving works is the decoration of the Vrijvrouwe van Renswoude
Foundation in Utrecht.
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