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De Beijer travelled through the
Netherlands in summertime to draw views of cities and towns as well as castles and other buildings. In the wintertime, he would retire to his home to produce colour drawings based on his sketches in the field, as well as drawings that could be used by other artists to
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Jan de Beijer was born in
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draughtsman and painter known for this drawings of towns and buildings in the present-day countries of the
Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. In total, he produced some 1500 drawings, over 600 of which were reproduced as
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Drawings by Jan de Beijer and engravings based on his work can be found in numerous museums, archives, and private collections. In
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