Author: Claes Jansz Visscher (1586/87-1652)
Title: [Antique print, etching] Bleaching fields near the Haarlemmerhout/Bleekvelden, Blekerijen bij de Haarlemmerhout, published 1612.
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.Inscribed in pen and brown ink at bottom: 'Bleekerijen door den Hout'.The plate was also used in 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 trimmed close to plate mark; total: 109 x 156 mm; some light dirt: a light damp stain on the top left region, a brownish spot on the right, otherwise in good condition. Handwritten pencil notes on verso; mounted on passepartout. Hollstein 156, Simon 134.

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