Ronald Jansen was not his whole life a print-seller. For many years he a.o. worked as head of the department of detective force at the Ministry of State for Home Affairs in The Hague. A colleague in The Hague brought him there into contact with graphic art. In that kind of art he found his vocation. Next his work started he in 1978 with selling prints at Antique & Art Fairs. In 1996 he tendered his resignation and started full time as print-seller, specializing in prints after 1840.

In he meantime he had found a fine location to sell his prints: the fort Ossenmarkt in Weesp. This fort is built in 1860 to defend Amsterdam, especially against the French army. It is one of the 40 fortifications around Amsterdam, which are called “De stelling van Amsterdam”, and are in 1996 placed on the World Estatelist of the UNESCO.

The fort is very massive, with 2 meter thick walls, however the interior, full of curves, immediately gives the visitor a warm, good, and safe feeling.  

In stock:
A fine collection of work by M. Chagall and some 2500 other prints, including: Bauer, Bresdin, Escher, Israëls, Kollwitz, Pieck, Renoir, and Witsen. 

We have sold to 32 museums in Europe ! 

He hopes you to see at the 29th Amsterdam Antiquarian Book & Print Fair, where you can see a part of his stock. And you are of course welcome to the fort Ossenmarkt at Saterday afternoon and by appointment !