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View of the City Hall, the New Church and the Weigh House on the Dam, Vue de la Maison de Ville, l'Eglise Neuve et le Poids sur le Dam, the New Church and the Weigh House on the Dam in Amsterdam, print, View of the Dam in Amsterdam, seen from the south. On the left the City Hall, in the middle the New Church, on the right the Weigh House. Below the image the title in Dutch and French. Numbered at the top right: 3., printmaker: Simon Fokke, Amsterdam, after design by, publisher: Pierre Fouquet, 1762 - 1783, Pierre Fouquet, printmaker, publisher, paper, etching, engraving, height 282 mm x width 386 mm, This print was also used in the so-called Atlas of Fouquet.* From 1760 onwards, Pierre Fouquet published cityscapes of Amsterdam – based on drawings by various artists, made by various printmakers. These prints were initially sold individually or in series. As was customary at the time, the buyer could have the prints bound themselves. To this end, between 1778 and 1783, Fouquet published a title page, map, and table of contents of the 100 prints published so far (1). Given that the content depended on what the buyer had collected, the content of the various surviving Fouquet atlases under this title varies greatly. Copies are also known to which other prints have been added. Because there proved to be a need for explanation of the plates, a new version of the atlas was published in 1783, supplemented with text and two prints. The order indicated changed, but the plates of the previously published prints remained unchanged. This edition was printed by Daniël Jean Changuion and Petrus den Hengst (2) on behalf of Fouquet. About ten plates were updated and appeared, with a new imprint, in the continuation of Wagenaar's history of Amsterdam, published by Petrus Conradi and Folkert van der Plaats (3). A number of years after Fouquet's death, Evert Maaskamp came out with a new edition of the

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26B34_221

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

40.9Mo (6.1Mo) / 36.9cm x 27.8cm / 4356 x 3278 (300dpi)

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View City Hall New Church Weigh House Dam Vue de la Maison de Ville l'Eglise Neuve et le Poids le Dam Amsterdam print south left middle right image title Dutch French Numbered top right 3 printmaker Simon Fokke design publisher Pierre Fouquet 1762 - 1783 paper etching engraving height 282 mm x width 386 mm was also -called Atlas Fouquet.* 1760 onwards published cityscapes Amsterdam – based drawings various artists various printmakers prints initially sold individually series was customary time buyer bound themselves 1778 1783 Fouquet published title page map table contents 100 far 1 Given content depended collected content various surviving Fouquet atlases under title varies greatly Copies added proved need explanation plates new version atlas supplemented text two prints order indicated changed previously remained unchanged edition printed Daniël Jean Changuion Petrus den Hengst 2 behalf Fouquet ten plates updated appeared new imprint continuation Wagenaar's history Petrus Conradi Folkert van der Plaats number years Fouquet's death Evert Maaskamp came new edition