Burning of the Old Amsterdam Town Hall, 1690

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series Title

Beschryving der Niewlijks uigevon den en geoctrojeerde Slang-brand-spuiten, plate 1

Medium

etching and engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 35.3 x 45.5 cm (13 7/8 x 17 15/16 in.)

sheet: 36.5 x 47.8 cm (14 3/8 x 18 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 3

Accession Number

2000.152.1

Artists / Makers

Jan van der Heyden (artist) Dutch, 1637 - 1712

Image Use

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Inscription

across bottom left in plate: Afbeelding van den Brandt van 't Oude Stadhuis van Amsterdam: 't wek den 7 Jyly 1652 ten grondt toe afbrande...die ten dezen eynde hier bygevoegt; across bottom right in plate: translation of same paragraph into French

Provenance

(Jan Johnson, Montreal); purchased 2000 by NGA.

Associated Names

Johnson, Jan

Bibliography

1949: Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge