Caption

Den Overtoom, Overtoom, Six villages where troops of William II were billeted during the siege of Amsterdam, 1650, print, printmaker, after drawing by, publisher, paper, etching, height 137 mm x width 263 mm, traffic on the water, private soldier (cavalry, horsemen), Amsterdam, A wide waterfront scene rendered in a monochrome etching style shows a row of buildings and trees along the far bank, with stepped gables on a central building and people gathered near its doors and windows. In the foreground a wooden pier or platform extends across the bottom edge with several small figures standing and sitting on it, and two dogs near the platform edge. Boats and barges are moored along the water, and a large wooden waterwheel structure occupies the right side of the image beside more trees and rooftops. Sparse clouds are visible in the sky above the scene.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B33_170

License type

Rights managed

Available size

54.5Mb (6.2Mb) / 20.4in x 10.4in / 6129 x 3109 (300dpi)

Keywords

Den Overtoom Overtoom Six villages troops William II billeted siege Amsterdam 1650 print printmaker drawing publisher paper etching height 137 mm x width 263 mm traffic water private soldier cavalry horsemen wide waterfront scene rendered monochrome style row buildings trees far bank stepped gables central building people gathered near doors windows foreground wooden pier platform extends across bottom edge several small figures standing sitting two dogs near platform edge Boats barges moored large wooden waterwheel structure occupies right side image beside rooftops Sparse clouds visible sky scene