Caption
View of the Great Church in The Hague, The Great or St. James Church with the tower in The Hague, print, book illustration, View of the Great Church, also called St. James' Church, in The Hague. Seen from the side of the River Fish Market. In front of the church various fish sellers and other figures., publisher: Jan Claesz ten Hoorn (possibly), Amsterdam, publisher: Johannes Ratelband (I) (possibly), 1711 - 1729, Jan Claesz ten Hoorn, Johannes Ratelband (I), printmaker, paper, etching, engraving, height 175 mm x width 133 mm, Print also used in: Cretser, Gijsbert de. Description of The Hague, comprising its first rise, establishment and pleasant situation (…) To which is added the Zeestraat on Scheveninge by Mr. van Zuylichem. 1st edition. Amsterdam: Jan ten Hoorn, 1711, between pp. 26 and 27. And in: Cretser, establishment and pleasant situation (…) To which is added the Zeestraat on Scheveninge, by Mr. van Zuylichem. 2nd edition. Amsterdam: Johannes Ratelband, 1729., church (exterior), stall, booth (, market), The Hague, Grote Kerk (Den Haag), Riviervismarkt, A detailed engraving shows tall church towers and a large church building with steep tiled roofs and arched windows, rendered in fine linework against a cloudy sky; a busy street scene in front depicts numerous small figures in period clothing engaged in various activities around large shallow basins and market stalls, with some figures carrying nets or poles and others standing or conversing, while the foreground includes groups of people, children playing, and architectural details of adjacent lower buildings and façades.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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