Caption
View of the Amstel near the Molentje inn, The Amstel Bogt buyten Amsteldam and the Herberg 'T Moolentje. to this Inn Seyten de Jachten van de Stad and from there back again to enjoy the pleasure of this Stream, print, book illustration, printmaker: Jan Caspar Philips, Amsterdam, after design by Jan Caspar Philips, publisher: Arend van Huyssteen (possibly), publisher: Samuel de Waal (possibly), 1736 - 1773, Jan Caspar Philips, Arend van Huyssteen, Samuel de Waal, printmaker, publisher, paper, etching, engraving, etching and engraving, height 137 mm x width 159 mm, Print also used in: Schoemaker, Gerrit et al. Daniel Willinks Amstellandsche Arkadia, or description of the situation, condition and events of Amstelland, with its subordinate villages, lordships, trades, pleasure gardens, waters, etc. (…). 2 vols. 1st edition. Amsterdam: Arend van Huyssteen, 1737. Or in: Schoemaker, Gerrit ed. Daniel Willink’s Amstellandsche Arkadia, with its dependent villages, etc. (…). 2 vols. 2nd edition. Utrecht: Samuel de Waal, 1773., river, hotel, hostelry, inn, Amstel (river), Inn Het Moolentje, Korte Ouderkerkerdijk, A detailed sepia-toned engraving shows a riverside scene with a winding dirt path bordered by a wooden railing and tall trees with dense foliage on the right, their trunks and branches drawn with fine crosshatching. Two seated figures rest beside the railing under the trees, one leaning forward and the other sitting nearby. The river fills the left side of the image, with a small rowboat carrying people near the nearer bank and a larger sailboat further back. On the opposite shore a town is visible with clustered buildings and a prominent windmill with sails extended. Several vertical poles rise from the water near the middle distance. The sky above is filled with layere
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