Antique Print-NEW CHURCH-CHAPEL GATE-AMSTERDAM-Commelin-1726

Subject: Antique print, untitled. Entry gate to a chapel in the New church of Amsterdam.

Condition: Very good, given age. Short right margin, remargined for handling. Not effecting image. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Medium: Engraving / etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 20.3 x 32 cm. The image size is ca. 18 x 27.3 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 8 x 12.6 inch. The image size is ca. 7.1 x 10.7 inch.

Part Number: 62625

Location: (PCO) A324-35

Description: From: the second edition (first 1693) of 'Beschryvinge van Amsterdam....', 1726, one of the best 17th. century descriptions of Amsterdam, based on the works of Dapper and van Domselaar and on materials furnished by the author's father Isaac Commelin. Casparus Commelin had access to the archives of the city and thus considered more reliable than Dapper/Domselaar.

Artists and Engravers: Anonymous.