Rare Antique Print-AMSTERDAM-RASPHUIS-TUCHTHUIS-PRISON-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. 13.5 x 11.5 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 7.1 x 5.7 inch. The image size is ca. 5.3 x 4.5 inch.

Original print, number 34, titled: t Rasphuys of Tucht-Huis. The Rasphuis or Tuchthuis, a prison where young male criminals were held. Here they were made to shave wood from the brazilwood tree, using an eight or twelve bladed rasp. This is shows here on the image. Another of the men is being flogged with a switch rod. 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. Small stain in the right margin. Tiny wormholes in the top right corner, and on in the top right of the image. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: RARE ANTIQUE PRINT-AMSTERDAM-RASPHUIS-TUCHTHUIS-PRISON-WEBBERS-VEENHUYSEN

(PCO) C258-17