Author: Coenraad Decker (1650-1709)
Title: [Antique print; etching and engraving] Afbeelding van de paardemarkt (Delft), published 1729.
Description: View on the horses market in Delft. On the square in front of the Cloister of the Clarissen nuns, a lively scene with horses being sold.Inscribed within the plate: 'ARTILLERY ofte Geschut MAGAZYN van HOLLANDT Certyts CLARISSEN Clooster / Stadts Paarde-Stallen;' Signed at bottom: 'C. Decker fe / P. Smith exc'.Plate included in Reinier Boitet's 'Beschryving der stadt Delft...', published in Delft in 1729.   Combination of etching and engraving with text in letterpress and bordure in woodcut; plate mark: 177 x 268 mm, total: 266 x 315 mm; vertical crease at center, repaired tear on verso; traces of folding on the top left; oily stain at bottom; in fair condition. Hollstein 10-41.

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