Author: Claes Jansz Visscher (1586/87-1652)
Title: [Antique print, etching] Bleaching fields near the Haarlemmerhout/Blekersvelden bij de Haarlemmerhout in Haarlem, published 1728.
Description: View of the outskirts of Haarlem, namely of the bleaching fields near the woods. On the left, farmers are spreading the cloths to the sun.Numbered on the bottom right corner: '8'. Eighth from a set of twelve views of the surroundings of Haarlem.The plate come from the edition of G. Tysens 'Haarlemmer Duinzang, ter eere van des zelfs vermákelyke Land- en Watergeziten, van Sandvoort af tot Haarlem. Versierd met twaalf naaukeurige Afbeeldingen', published in Amsterdam in 1728. Etching on laid paper with margins; plate mark: 104 x 157 mm; total: 165 x 217 mm; in good condition. Hollstein 156, Simon 134.

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