Identification title(s): view of the amstel church in amsterdam. View of the amstel church, t' amsterdam / vue de l'eglise de l'amstel, à amsterdam (title on object). Object type: print object number: rp-p-ao-23-62. A. Catalog reference: number of states known-2(3) note: previous state (unnumbered) in the city archives collection. Later version published by maaskamp, see explanation. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2228. Description: view of the amstel church on the amstelveld, on the corner of kerkstraat and reguliersgracht in amsterdam. Various figures on the bridge in kerkstraat. Including, right of center, a possibly black boy begging. Below the performance the title in dutch and french. Numbered top right: 54. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: hermanus petrus schouten (possibly), after a drawing by: hermanus petrus schouten (mentioned on object), publisher: pierre fouquet (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: amsterdam. Dating: ca. 1770 - 1783. Material: paper technique: etching / engraving (printing process). Dimensions: plate edge: h 285 mm × w 375 mm explanation this print was also used in the so-called atlas by fouquet. * pierre fouquet published cityscapes of amsterdam from 1760 onwards - 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). Since the content depended on what the buyer had collected, the content of the various preserved fouquet atlases under this title differs greatly. There are also known copies to which other prints have been added. Because there was a need for explanation of 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 few years after fouquet's death, evert maaskamp published a new edition of the atlas, with improved text and the addition of two prints. He removed the old ones from all plates and had his own imprint added (4). The current state of the print appears in copies of the works mentioned under (1) and (2). * by fouquet's atlas or fouquetatlas we mean the publications (1), (2) and (4) mentioned below. (1). Images of the widely renowned shopping city of amsterdam, as well as its main buildings and sights, all drawn from life / receuil des edifices les plus considerables et des plus belles vues, de la famous ville d'amsterdam, dessinées d'après nature. Amsterdam: pierre fouquet, 1778-1783. (2). New atlas of the most important buildings and sights of the city of amsterdam, with brief descriptions thereof. 2 parts. Amsterdam: daniël jean changuion and petrus den hengst [commissioned by pierre fouquet], 1783. (3). Style, simon. Amsterdam, described in its histories, privileges, commerce, buildings, church state, schools, militia, guilds and government. To serve as a follow-up to the work of jan wagenaar (…). 10 parts. Amsterdam and harlingen: petrus conradi and folkert van der plaats, 1788-1801. (4). New atlas of the most important buildings and sights of the city of amsterdam. With brief descriptions thereof. Amsterdam: evert maaskamp, 1805. * the number of states mentioned is based on the number of states found. There may be more states of this print. Subject: what: church (exterior), bridge in city across river, canal, etc. (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage), beggar, africans. Where: amstelkerk, amstelveld, reguliersgracht, kerkstraat. Acquisition: transfer of management 1887. Date: between circa 1770 and circa 1783.
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