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View of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam, View of the Portuguese Jewish Church, seen from the Breestraat, to Amsterdam, Vue de la Synagogue des Juifs Portugais, à Amsterdam, print, seen from the Jodenbreestraat. Below the image, the title in Dutch and French. Numbered in the upper right: 62., printmaker: Caspar Jacobsz. Philips (possibly), Amsterdam, after drawing by Jan de Vlaming (possibly), publisher: Pierre Fouquet, 1768 - 1783, paper, etching, engraving, height 285 mm x width 376 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 up to that point (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. There are also known copies to which other prints have been added. Because there proved to be a need for explanations accompanying the plates, a new version of the atlas was published in 1783, supplemented with text and two prints. The indicated order changed, but the plates of the previously published prints remained unchanged. This edition was commissioned by Fouquet and printed by Daniël Jean Changuion and Petrus den Hengst (2). 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
Crédit
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Notre référence
LZT26B34_241
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
38.9Mo (6.1Mo) / 34.6cm x 28.2cm / 4082 x 3327 (300dpi)