Caption
View of the Heere Poortje, Vuë du Heere-Poortje, View of the Herenpoort in Leiden, print, book illustration, with the accompanying bridge on the left and a mill on the right., printmaker: Abraham Rademaker, publisher: Leonard Schenk (possibly), Amsterdam, in or after 1732, paper, etching, height 164 mm, width 199 mm, Print also used in: Rademaker, Abraham. Rhynlands fijnste gezichten, toonde alle deszelfs lustplaatszen, heeren-huizen en dorpen. From halfway between Haarlem and Leyden (…), Les plus agréables vuës de Rhynland, representative toutes les maisons de plaisance, 1732., windmill, city-gate, bridge, Leiden, Herenpoort, A detailed ink landscape shows a river with figures along the shore and on the water, a small boat with a person casting a line, and two people standing nearby with a dog. A riverside building with an arched entrance and columns fronts a canal, connected to a bridge leading to a tree-lined avenue. Further along the water, a drawbridge spans the canal with small boats moored nearby and a windmill tower rises on the right bank among clustered trees and houses. The sky is filled with horizontal line shading and layered clouds, and the foreground water reflects ripples and activity.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26B34_062
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