M24886: Amsterdam City Hall and the Weighing House

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M24886

People

Claes Jansz. Visscher, Dutch (Amsterdam 1587 - 1652 Amsterdam)

Title

Amsterdam City Hall and the Weighing House

Other Titles

Original Language Title: Stadthuys Amsterdam and de Waegh

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1613

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/237455

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching on cream antique laid paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 25 x 31.9 cm (9 13/16 x 12 9/16 in.)
sheet: 28.6 x 35.5 cm (11 1/4 x 14 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• collector's mark: veros, lower right, round black ink stamp: MB DUBBEL [encircled] [Lugt 700a, mark of Museum Boijmans van Beuningen]
• collector's mark: verso, lower left, stamp, brown ink: mark of Pieter Willem van Doorne, Lugt 4731
• stamp: on old mount in blue ink: Light-Outerbridge Collection
• (not assigned): on old mount in graphite: cat. # 13

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Museum Boijmans van Beuningen (Lugt 700a). Pieter Willem van Doorne, Vreeland (Lugt 4731). Light-Outerbridge Collection, sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2000

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

H. 421, S. 154

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Light-Outerbridge Collection, Acquisition Fund for Prints

Accession Year

2000

Object Number

M24886

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• 32Q: 2300 Dutch & Flemish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/19/2016 - 11/08/2016

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