Caption

View of Woerden Castle, The castle at Woerden, visible on its left side, print, book illustration, View of the left side of Woerden Castle, also known as Woerden Castle. Marked lower right: H., printmaker: Jacobus Schijnvoet, Amsterdam, after drawing by Roelant Roghman (possibly), 1711 - 1774, paper, etching, engraving, height 138 mm x width 178 mm, Print also used in: Smids, Ludolf. Schatkamer der Nederlandse oudheden, of woordenboek, behelsende Nederlands steden en dorpen, kasteelen, sloten en heeren huysen (…). Amsterdam: Pieter de Coup, 1711, between p. 394 and 395. It is also possible that this print comes from the second (1737) or third (1774) edition, or from an edition containing only the prints: Nederlandsche oudheden, bestaan in zeskelijk verbeeldingen, gelegen in Holland, 't Sticht van Utrecht en Gelderland enz. Amsterdam: Hendrik Bosch, 1721., castle, Woerden, Slot Woerden, A monochrome etched scene showing a large fortified structure with tall, rounded outer walls and stepped gables, with small rectangular windows and irregular surface textures; a wooden bridge connects to an arched entrance in the wall where a figure stands; trees with detailed foliage occupy the left foreground beside a shoreline; a small boat with a single person rowing with a long pole is on the water in front of the fortress; clouds and horizontal line shading fill the sky above.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B34_070

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Keywords

View Woerden Castle castle Woerden visible left side print book illustration also Marked lower right H printmaker Jacobus Schijnvoet Amsterdam drawing Roelant Roghman 1711 - 1774 paper etching engraving height 138 mm x width 178 mm Print also Smids Ludolf Schatkamer der Nederlandse oudheden woordenboek behelsende Nederlands steden en dorpen kasteelen sloten en heeren huysen … Pieter de Coup 1711 p 394 395 also possible print comes second 1737 third 1774 edition edition containing prints Nederlandsche oudheden bestaan zeskelijk verbeeldingen gelegen Holland t Sticht van Utrecht en Gelderland enz Hendrik Bosch 1721 Slot Woerden monochrome etched scene showing large fortified structure tall rounded outer walls stepped gables small rectangular windows irregular surface textures wooden bridge connects arched entrance wall figure stands trees detailed foliage occupy left foreground beside shoreline small boat single person rowing long pole water front fortress clouds horizontal line shading fill sky