Author: after Caspar Commelin (1636-1693)
Title: [Antique print, etching] Pest-Huys (Het Pesthuis in Amsterdam), published ca. 1726.
Description: View of the Lazar House, in the Dutch city of Amsterdam. Above the cityscape a banner is depicted, containing the title of the print. ca. 1726.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.) Overall size: ca. 135 x 200 mm; good state. Close cut margin. Printed text on the verso of the print.

Keywords: Amsterdam|Poor relief|Topography & Travel