Print Description
‘Gezigt langs het Rokin, op de Nieuwe-Zyds-Kapel en Beurs.’
Etching / engraving with later hand colouring on hand laid (verge) paper. Watermark: yes.
Sheet size: 39 x 30 cm. (15,4 x 11,8 inch). Image size: 36,3 x 29 cm. (14,3 x 11,4 inch).
From: Wagenaar’s “Amsterdam in zyne opkomst “, Isaak Tirion, 1765
Made by ‘Jacob Folkema’ after ‘Jan de Beijer’. Jacob Folkema (1692-1767) a Dutch designer and engraver, was born and died at Dokkum, in Friesland. He was first instructed by his father, Johann Jakob Folkema, a goldsmith, and studied afterwards under B. Picart at Amsterdam. During that time he worked for Royaumont’s Bible, 1712, and Ruysch’s Anatomy, 1737. Jan de Beijer (1703 – 1780), also given as Jan de Beyer, was a Dutch draughtsman and painter known for this drawings of towns and buildings in the present-day countries of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. In total, he produced some 1500 drawings, over 600 of which were reproduced as engravings by other artists.
Condition: Good, given age. Folding as published. Several tears in paper edges, backed. Sold waf. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Keywords: AMSTERDAM-NETHERLANDS-SHIPS-CANAL-WORKMAN-DOGS-HORSES-CHURCH-STOCK EXCHANGE-OLD HOUSES-HENDRICK DE KEYSER-ROKIN
RBOS-A1-31
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