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Ruins of the House at Kleef, overlooking Klever Laan, View of the ruins of the House at Kleef in Haarlem, Castles, country estates and houses in the Netherlands, print, book illustration, printmaker: Jacobus Schijnvoet, Amsterdam, after drawing by Roelant Roghman (possibly), publisher: Pieter de Coup (possibly), 1711, paper, etching, height 194 mm x width 215 mm, Print first used in: Smids, Ludolph. Schatkamer der Nederlandse oudheden, of Woordenboek, between. p. 174 and 175. Possibly appeared thereafter in reissues of this work in 1737 and 1774. In 1721, an edition appeared containing only the prints: Nederlandsche oudheden, bestaan in zeskelijk verbeeldingen, gelegen in Holland, 't Sticht van Utrecht en Gelderland enz. Amsterdam: Hendrik Bosch, 1721., ruin of a dwelling, house, castle, landscape with ruins (city(-scape) with figures, staffage), Haarlem, Huis ter Kleef, A sepia-toned engraving shows tall crumbling stone ruins with vertical lines and rough textured surfaces, fragments topped with small tufts of vegetation and surrounded by low plants and small trees; the sky is filled with horizontal hatch marks and scattered small birds, and near the base of the ruins there are small human figures walking on a gently undulating foreground with areas of grass and rocky ground.

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Ruins House Kleef overlooking Klever Laan View ruins Haarlem Castles country estates houses Netherlands print book illustration printmaker Jacobus Schijnvoet Amsterdam drawing Roelant Roghman publisher Pieter de Coup 1711 paper etching height 194 mm x width 215 mm Print first Smids Ludolph Schatkamer der Nederlandse oudheden Woordenboek p 174 175 appeared thereafter reissues work 1737 1774 1721 edition appeared containing prints Nederlandsche oudheden bestaan zeskelijk verbeeldingen gelegen Holland t Sticht van Utrecht en Gelderland enz Hendrik Bosch ruin dwelling house castle landscape city -scape figures staffage Huis ter Kleef sepia-toned engraving tall crumbling stone ruins vertical lines rough textured surfaces fragments topped small tufts vegetation surrounded low plants small trees sky filled horizontal hatch marks scattered small birds near base small human figures walking gently undulating foreground areas grass rocky ground