Author: Isaac van Haastert (1753-1834) Georg Balthasar Probst (1732-1801)
Title: [Handcolored Opticaprent/Optical view The Hague/Den Haag] Gesigt, van het Buyten-Hof na het Hof te zien, in S'Gravenhage (Buitenhof Den Haag), published ca. 1770.
Description: Optical print with  the Buitenhof in The Hague (het Buitenhof in Den Haag). On a wide avenue are several people, including on the left two men conversing, in the middle a woman with a basket on her arm and on the right a man with three sheep. The buildings on the Buitenhof can be seen on the left and right. The court on the background in the distance.Inscription above removed; at top right 262. Below the print the title in four languages: Gesigt, van het Buyten-Hof na het Hof te zien, in S'Gravenhage, Vuë du Buyten-Hof, vers la Cour a la Haye, Veduta del Buyten-Hof , verso la Corte, a Haia, Prospect des Buyten-Hof, gegen Hof anzusehen, zu Grafenhaag. Left under the titles Med. Fol. No. 65 , and the name of the draftsman, bottom right Cum Gratia et Privilegio Sac.Coes. Majestatis .Signed on the bottom, with the address of the publisher: 'J. van Haastert fec./ Georg Balthasar Probst, excud. A.V.' Hand colored etching and engraving on paper; plate mark: 315 x 438 mm; total: 337 x 453 mm. Damp stain on the top left corner some light dirt and smudges on the margins; nicely aging paper; in good condition.

Keywords: Hand colored|the Hague|The Netherlands