Het kasteel De Marsch bij Zutphen, Gelderland 1701 - 1759

Cornelis Pronk’s drawing of ‘Het kasteel De Marsch bij Zutphen, Gelderland’ offers a study in architectural form, rendered in delicate lines and subtle washes. The composition emphasizes the castle's structure; the arrangement of geometric shapes invites us to consider the interplay between depth and surface. The building is solid but the lines of the drawing are permeable; stone gives way to light and shadow. Note how Pronk destabilizes any fixed representation; his technique is both architectural and painterly. The castle’s image exists between the real and the represented. The muted palette reinforces the sense of the castle as a historical artifact, its grandeur softened by time. Yet the formal precision with which Pronk renders each architectural element ensures the drawing is not merely a record, but an interpretation. The drawing suggests that meaning isn’t fixed but evolves through the act of seeing and representing.