Original copper engraving of the Utrecht Gate of Amsterdam (De Uytrechtze Poort), hand-colored, with the moat, the drawbridge and a busy scene of daily life in the foreground: riders, strollers and dogs. A crisp impression of good size.
Original copper engraving of the Utrecht Gate of Amsterdam (De Uytrechtze Poort), hand-colored, with the moat, the drawbridge and a busy scene of daily life in the foreground: riders, strollers and dogs. A crisp impression of good size.
It comes from Caspar Commelin's Beschryvinge van Amsterdam, published in Amsterdam in 1693 by Wolfgang, Waesberge, Boom, Van Someren and Goethals. The views in that work, most of them attributed to Pieter Schenk, are characterized by these street scenes around the great buildings of the city.
Medium: Copper engraving, hand-colored.
Date: 1693.
Source: Caspar Commelin, Beschryvinge van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1693.
Dimensions: Image 10.2 x 13.4 in (26 x 34 cm).
Condition: Good; slight undulation of the paper, visible in the photograph. With mat.