print; book-illustration

Please enable JavaScript in your web browser to get the best experience.

Object Type: print; book-illustration
Museum number: 1849,0421.282
Description: Plate 3: Destruction of the old town hall in Amsterdam (7 July 1652); lettered A-B within composition indicating different locations; after a preparatory drawing by Jan van der Heyden; illustration to Jan van der Heyden's "Beschryving der nieuwlijks uitgevonden en geoctrojeerde Slang-Brand-Spuiten" (Amsterdam: 1690). c.1690 Etching and engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Jan van Vianen (attributed); After: Jan van der Heyden
School/style
Production date: 1690 (c.)
Production place: Published in: Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 356 millimetres; Width: 458 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: For comment on the publication see 1849,0421.279.
Bibliographic references: Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (3) (Heyden); Muller 1863-1882 / De Nederlandsche Geschiedenis in Platen. Beredeneerde Beschrijving van Nederlandsche Historieplaten (2301.3)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: fire-engine; fire-fighter; fire; civic building
Associated names
Associated places: Topographic representation of: Amsterdam
Associated titles
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1849
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1849,0421.282

Free entry