HENDRIK MEIJER (Amsterdam, 1744 - London, 1793) Travellers resting in front of an inn Signed: HDM lower left Oil on panel, 74X107.7 cm Provenance: Germany, antiquarian market (1942 as Isaac van Ostade) Krefeld, M. Keussen Collection (1989) Amsterdam, Christie's, 29 November 1989, lot 282A (as Isaac van Ostade) Amsterdam, Christie's, 9 May 2000, lot 4 (as Hendrick de Meijer) Milan, private collection Hendrik Meijer (also known as Hendrick de Meyer) was born in Amsterdam in 1744, although Abraham Jacob van der Aa had given his date of birth as 1737. According to the RKD, he was first a member of the Stadstekenacademie in Amsterdam until 1768. He moved to Haarlem and started a wallpaper factory there in 1764-1769. He became director of the Stadstekenacademie in Haarlem in 1769.