Author: Claes Jansz Visscher (1586/87-1652)
Title: [Antique print, etching] 'Het Huis te Cleef', near Haarlem/Het huis van Kleef te Haarlem, published 1612.
Description: View of the outskirts of Haarlem, namely of the ruins of the so-called 'Huis de Cleef'.Numbered on the bottom right corner: '12'. Last from a set of twelve views of the surroundings of Haarlem.The plate was later 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 within plate mark; total: 99 x 155 mm; despite some staining on verso, in good condition. On verso also traces of previous mounting. Fool's cap watermark. Hollstein 160, Simon 138.

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