Burning of the Old Amsterdam Town Hall

1690

Jan van der Heyden

Artist, Dutch, 1637 - 1712

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • 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.)

  • Accession

    2000.152.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

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

Inscriptions

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

Watermarks

Strasbourg bend, similar to Churchill 429 and 432

Wikidata ID

Q76343363

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