Ruins of the burned-down Old City Hall of Amsterdam, 1652, print, The ruins of the Old City Hall of Amsterdam after the fire of July 7, 1652. With ladders here and there against the facade, on the left a guard with a dog. In the background on the right the Nieuwe Kerk., inscription: 'The Old City Hall of Amsterdam, as it appeared after the fire', printmaker: Arnold Colom, Amsterdam, materials by function, paper, pencil, ink, etching, pen, brush, with pencil and pen and brush in brown, height 253 mm x width 382 mm, height 288 mm x width 416 mm, A detailed ink drawing of a street scene with a partially ruined multi-story stone building featuring arched openings at ground level and tall rectangular windows above, a tall tower with narrow arched openings rising behind it, adjacent damaged roofs with visible tiles and missing sections, scaffolding and ladders leaning against structures, boarded and fenced wooden barriers in front of the buildings, a stepped gable roof on a neighboring house...
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Ruins of the burned-down Old City Hall of Amsterdam, 1652, print, The ruins of the Old City Hall of Amsterdam after the fire of July 7, 1652. With ladders here and there against the facade, on the left a guard with a dog. In the background on the right the Nieuwe Kerk., inscription: 'The Old City Hall of Amsterdam, as it appeared after the fire', printmaker: Arnold Colom, Amsterdam, materials by function, paper, pencil, ink, etching, pen, brush, with pencil and pen and brush in brown, height 253 mm x width 382 mm, height 288 mm x width 416 mm, A detailed ink drawing of a street scene with a partially ruined multi-story stone building featuring arched openings at ground level and tall rectangular windows above, a tall tower with narrow arched openings rising behind it, adjacent damaged roofs with visible tiles and missing sections, scaffolding and ladders leaning against structures, boarded and fenced wooden barriers in front of the buildings, a stepped gable roof on a neighboring house, a narrow street with two small figures near the left foreground including a person wearing a hat and a small dog, and faint architectural details of distant rooflines and spires across a light, mostly blank sky.

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Ruins burned-down Old City Hall Amsterdam 1652 print ruins Old City Hall fire July 7 ladders facade left guard dog background right Nieuwe Kerk inscription appeared printmaker Arnold Colom materials function paper pencil ink etching pen brush brown height 253 mm x width 382 mm height 288 mm x 416 mm detailed drawing street scene partially ruined multi-story stone building featuring arched openings ground level tall rectangular windows tall tower narrow arched openings rising adjacent damaged roofs visible tiles missing sections scaffolding ladders leaning structures boarded fenced wooden barriers front buildings stepped gable roof neighboring house narrow street two small figures near left foreground person wearing hat small dog faint architectural details distant rooflines spires across light mostly blank sky

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