Caption

View of the Reguliers Monastery outside Amsterdam, The Reguliers Monastery, as it appeared in Welstant in the year 1502. outside Amsterdam, print, View of the Reguliers Monastery outside the city walls of Amsterdam (behind the Regulierspoort), in the situation around 1502., printmaker: Caspar Jacobsz. Philips, Amsterdam, after design by Jacobus Versteegen, after drawing by Andries Schoemaker, 1752 - 1789, paper, etching, engraving, height 168 mm x width 223 mm, monk(s), friar(s), abbey, monastery, convent, Roman Catholic church, Reguliersklooster, A sepia-toned etching shows a village scene with several gabled buildings and a church tower in the background, their tiled roofs and brick facades rendered with fine crosshatching; a tall tree with dense foliage rises on the right, its trunk and branches detailed with textured lines; in the foreground a low wall and wooden gate open to a yard where a standing figure is near the entrance and two figures walk together on a path, one wearing a cloak and carrying a staff while the other clasps their hands; a wooden barrel lies beside the gate and a simple fence borders a grassy area beyond which grazing animals rest near a line of distant trees beneath a sky filled with layered, cloud-like shapes.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B34_249

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Keywords

View Reguliers Monastery outside Amsterdam Reguliers Monastery appeared Welstant year 1502 outside Amsterdam print Reguliers Monastery outside city walls Amsterdam Regulierspoort situation 1502 printmaker Caspar Jacobsz Philips design Jacobus Versteegen drawing Andries Schoemaker 1752 - 1789 paper etching engraving height 168 mm x width 223 mm monk s friar abbey monastery convent Roman Catholic church Reguliersklooster sepia-toned etching village scene several gabled buildings church tower background tiled roofs brick facades rendered fine crosshatching tall tree dense foliage rises right trunk branches detailed textured lines foreground low wall wooden gate open yard standing figure near entrance two figures walk together path wearing cloak carrying staff clasps hands wooden barrel lies beside gate simple fence borders grassy area beyond grazing animals rest line distant trees beneath sky filled layered cloud- shapes