Author: Reinier Zeeman (1623/24-1664)
Title: [Antique print, etching] SAAGHMEULENS POORTIE (set title: Town Gates of Amsterdam), published before 1656.
Description: Published before 1656, from a set of eight plates representing the town gates of Amsterdam. In this plate the Zaagmolen gate, in the left background the 'Westertoren. Signed on the bottom: 'Zeeman inventor et fecit / C. Danckerts exc:', titled at the bottom: 'SAAGHMEULENS POORT'.Published by Cornelis Danckaerts (1604-1656). Etching and dry needle on paper, mounted on cardboard (small portion of top margin); very small margins; plate mark: 180 x 306 mm, total: 183 x 308 mm; light paper, some stains in the sky and between the mills on the right; watermark: fool's cap. Hollstein 24, Bartsch 122, Weigel 1843, p. 263.

Keywords: Amsterdam|Topography & Travel