Print Description
This rare print shows a view from the northeast on top of the city wall in Utrecht, with the city outer canal on the left, in the middle the bastion Sterrenburg with the house and shed above the gun cellars, and on the right the mill on the Bijlhouwerstoren and some buildings on the shore. Playing children on the grass. All kinds of people passing by.
Etching (hand coloured) on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 48,3 x 43 cm. (19 x 16,9 inch). Image size: 42 x 40 cm. (16,5 x 15,7 inch).
This attractive print was dedicated to Prince William I, prince of the Netherlands, by his servant Johannes Weppelman.
Made by ‘F.C. Dietrich’ after ‘C. van Hardenberg’. Not much is known of F.C. Dietrich. He collaborated with C. Josi in the republication and augmentation of the Ploos van Amstel printdrawings. Cornelius van Hardenberg (1755-1843) was a Dutch painter and draughtsman.
Condition: Good, given age and age. Some small tears in top and right and left paper edges, not effecting the image. Some paper loss in top right corner and a chipp in bottom left margin, not effecting the image. Some light staining in top middle. Light creasing in right site at the mill. The pencil cross at the back can easily be erased. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Keywords: MILL-CITY WALL-UTRECHT-NETHERLANDS-BIJLHOUWERSTOREN-ROMAN STONE-PLAYING CHILDREN-CANAL-BOATS
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