Author: Jan van de Velde II (c.1593-1641), after Jansz. Pieter Saenredam (1597-1665)
Title: Antique print, etching | Brederode castle/Kasteel Brederode bij Haarlem, published 1628, 1 p.
Description: View of the landscape surrounding Haarlem, showing a family of farmers walking in the foreground, fields with cattle in the middle ground and the ruins of the Brederode castle in the background. Very detailed etching.Signed on the top left: 'P. zaeneedam Jnvent. / J.V.Velde sculp.' ; twelve lines of Dutch text below: 'Hier siet gy Bredero... dicht by Bredero'.This plate with the other eleven was meant to decorate Samuel Ampzing's Beschryvinge ende Lof der Stad Haerlem in Holland... published in 1628 in Haarlem.[NL] Boerenfamilie op een landweg met op de achtergrond de ruïne van Kasteel Brederode te Haarlem. Onderaan een gedicht van drie verzen van vier regels in het Nederlands.  Etching on paper with margin; plate mark: 159 x 236 mm; total: 178 x 262 mm; only state; yellowing paper on the margins, in good condition; Hollstein 422; Franken 482.

Keywords: Haarlem|Topography & Travel