Plan for new fortifications for the lock at Sas van Gent, United Netherlands

People:

Maximiliaan van Hangest-Genlis gezegd D' Yvoy (military engineer)
Maximiliaan van Hangest-Genlis gezegd D' Yvoy (draughtsman)

Title:

Plan for new fortifications for the lock at Sas van Gent, United Netherlands

Date:

1681

Description:

- Plan of proposed fortifications for Sas van Gent, a lock on the Terneuzen-Ghent canal, where the canal meets the Wester Schelde River. The relationship between canal, lock, and river is not immediately clear in this drawing, but can be understood by comparison with A. Hattinga's map of 1750, 'Plan van het Sas van Gent' (Hattinga, reprint 1977). The dotted lines probably outline existing fortifications, while pentimenti in pen and red ink may be changes in the project (Cazort, 3.). There is a compass rose in the lower left corner.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

presentation drawing (proposal)

Technique and media:

Pen and black, brown, and red ink, and watercolour

Dimensions:

album: 46.7 x 34.3 x 1.0 cm sheet: 44.9 x 65.0 cm

Reference number:

DR1988:0435

Drawing Type:

finished drawing
rendering

Method of Projection:

pictorial drawing
plan (drawing)

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- The sheet is folded in half. It is lined with linen, with an extra strip at the fold. There is a small tear, repaired, at the c.l. The sheet is stored folded, in a green cloth-covered portfolio with a label on the front, imprinted with the subject, date, and Yvoy's name.

Inscription:

inscribed and dated - by the draughtsman ? in pen and brown ink, l.r.: "Par le quartir mestr gin.al [sic] / Yuoy / 1681 / Zas van gent" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, l.r.: "I.16." numbered - by an unknown hand, in ink, verso, l.r.: "16"; and in graphite, l.r.: "16"

Subject:

military

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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