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Cornelis Anthonisz.: Q116787851
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| Title |
German: Die berühmte Handelsstadt Amsterdam
Dutch: De vermaerde koopstadt van Amstelredam
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A bird's eye view of Amsterdam looking south. This is the city before the construction of the semi-circular ring of canals. It is bordered by the IJ, the Singel in the west, and the Kloveniersburgwal/Gelderse Kade in the east. The waterway in the middle (connecting the Dam with the IJ) is known as the Damrak. Ships were unloaded on the west bank of the Damrak, indicated on the map as ‘Opt Waeter’ (on the water). Woodcut by Cornelis Anthonisz. dated 1544. Fourth edition out of a total of six editions. This version is a reprint published by Ian Iansz. around 1557. |
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| Date | Circa 1557 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | woodcut print, brush and color | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 107 cm (42.1 in); width: 109 cm (42.9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
KOG-2684 (Royal Dutch Antiquarian Society)  |
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| Place of creation | Amsterdam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Object history |
Unknown date: acquired by Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap, Inventory number KOG-2684, from jkvr. H.M.A.F. Six (?) |
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| Exhibition history | Het Aanzien van Amsterdam. Panorama's, plattegronden en profielen uit de Gouden Eeuw, Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 19 October 2007–16 January 2008, ISBN 978-90-6868-444-5, p. 90-92, cat. no. 4, with color image, as Plattegrond van Amsterdam met de gebouwen in opstand, Amsterdam, Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inscriptions |
Caption top right: De vermaerde koopstadt / van Amstelredam, gheconterfeyt met alle / sijn Wateren, Bruggen, Straten, kercken, kloo- / steren, Huysen, Toorens, Poorten ende Mueren, / ende omleggende situatie, gemaekt ter eeren K. M. / ende oock den Eersamen Raedt der selver Stadt, / ende alle Liefhebberen der Konste, etc. // Wtgegeven by Cornelis Anthonizoon Schil- / der, met Octroye der K. M. onsen ghenadighsten Heere van 't selfde niet te / moghen nae-drucken noch verkoopen binnen den tijdt van ses Jaren lanck / gheduerende, ende ghedateert van den Jare duysent vijf-honderd drie-en- / veertigh, op seeckere penen int selvde Octroye begrepen, op dat hem een yege- / lijck voor schade verhoede mach. // Dese afbeeldinghe vindtmen te koop in die ver- / maerde koopstadt van Amstelredam achter de Nieuwe Kerck / by den voorsz Cornelis Anthoniszoon, Schilder / inde Schrijvende handt. // ende nu by Ian Iansz, Print-drucker |
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| Notes | Van deze plattegrond zijn zes verschillende uitgaves bekend; uit 1544, 1544-1545, 1545-1553, ca. 1557, ca. 1557-1636 en 1636-1664. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | archive.org, cultuurwijzer.nl/nwc.gemeentearchiefamsterdam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| current | 11:05, 11 April 2008 | | 2,231 × 2,171 (1.7 MB) | Vincent Steenberg | {{Information |Description={{en|Cornelis Anthonisz. ''Bird's eye view of Amsterdam.'' 1544. Woodcut.}} {{nl|Cornelis Anthonisz. ''Vogelvluchtkaart van Amsterdam.'' 1544. Houtsnede.}} |Source=http://www.cultuurwijzer.nl/nwc.gemeentearchiefamsterdam/cultuur |
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