Antique Print-AMSTERDAM-DOELEN-SCHUTTERIJ-CITY GUARD-Webbers-Veenhuysen-1665

Original etching/engraving on a verge type handlaid paper. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 18 x 14.5 cm. The image size is ca. 14 x 11.5 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 7.1 x 5.7 inch. The image size is ca. 5.5 x 4.5 inch.

Original print, number 48, titled: Doelens, Kandt Booghs Doelen, Stadts Magazijn, Voet Booghs Doelen. The Doelen (Handboogdoelen and Voetboogdoelen, resp. the training grounds and meeting hall for the Schutterij members using bow and arrow and crossbows). The Schutterij was a voluntary city guard. This print also shows the Bushuis, the armory/storage for the Schutterijen. This original print is from the rare topographical work ‘Amsterdam met der zelver Voornaamste Gebouwen / D’Amsterdam et deses Principaux Bastimens’ published ca. 1665. This work contains a total of one plan and 70 prints depicting the most famous buildings of Amsterdam (many of which are still extant). The prints are engraved after J. Veenhuisen en S. Webbers. Ref: Nijhoff-van Hattum 104, note. cf. Hollstein Veenhuijsen 3-71.Artists and Engravers: Jan Veenhuysen (ca. 1625-1693) was a Dutch printmaker. He is mainly known for the many views he made of Amsterdam, and his portraits. S. Webbers is possibly Sacharias Webber (Amsterdam 1644-1696) is an artist/engraver. He was a student of Gerard de Lairesse. His father was a bookseller/publisher.

Condition: Very good. Tiny wormhole in the top right margin, and one in the top right of the image. Bottom margin very faintly stained, left edge minimally uneven from binding. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-AMSTERDAM-DOELEN-SCHUTTERIJ-CITY GUARD-WEBBERS-VEENHUYSEN

(PCO) C258-25