Author: after Caspar Commelin (1636-1693)
Title: [Antique print, etching] Waale Wees en Oude Vrouwen Huys (Oude vrouwen huis in Amsterdam), published ca. 1726.
Description: View of the Walloon Orphanage and the Old Women's House, in Amsterdam.Titled on cartouche in the sky: 'Waale Wees en Oude Vrouwen Huys.'This print was part of the book ‘Caspar Commelin, Beschryvinge van Amsterdam, zynde een naukeurige verhandelinge (…), 2nd edition, Amsterdam, Pieter Vlaming, 1726'. (Edition with improved plates.) Etching on paper with text in letterpress; overall size: ca. 150 x 190 mm; very good state. Close cut margin. Printed text on the verso of the print.

Keywords: Amsterdam|Topography & Travel