Identification title(s): view of the city of amsterdam, taken from the west. Object type: print object number: rp-p-1892-a-17493. Catalog reference: hollstein dutch 9. Description: view of the city of amsterdam, taken from the west. On the left page it says in the foreground: bast the city is outlined. His cloak and sword lie next to him on the ground. Further away, in a meadow with several cows, a farmer's wife walks with the milk yoke on her shoulders. Under the artist on the ground: p. Bast. F. Et excudi. 1601. On the right page, two gentlemen are seen in the foreground talking to a lady, while a boy walks towards them. Further away, a meadow with cows, one of which is milked by a farmer's wife. In the middle of the air (partly on the left and partly on the right page) two angels holding a lamp on which: amstelodamvm. In the l. B: of the left and in the r. B: of the right page a cartouche with the engraver's dedication to the amsterdam magistrate and the admiralty. Under the cartouches, the coats of arms of amsterdam and holland. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: pieter bast publisher: pieter bast. Dating: 1580 - 1605. Physical features: engraving. Material: paper technique: engraving (printing process) subject where. Amsterdam. Who: admiralty of amsterdam. Acquisition: purchase 1892. Date: between 1580 and 1605.
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