Antique Print-AMSTERDAM-NETHERLANDS-OOST INDISCH HUIS-VOC-Fouquet-1783

Copperplate etching and engraving on verge type hand laid paper. on paper. Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 41.5 x 32 cm. The image size is ca. 33 x 24.5 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 16.3 x 12.6 inch. The image size is ca. 13 x 9.6 inch.Plates 36: 'Gezicht van het Oost-Indisch-Huys, op de Binnen-plaats te zien, tot Amsterdam.' (View of the inner court of the Oost-Indisch Huis / East India House in Amsterdam). This plate shows a pittoresk scene of Amsterdam. Approx. Age indication of 1783 (see description). This rare authentic old antique print / plate originates from: 'Nieuwe atlas, van de voornaamste gebouwen en gezigten der stad Amsterdam, met derzelver beknopte beschryvingen.' (transl.: New Atlas of the most important buildings and views of Amsterdam, including their short descriptions.) or 'Afbeeldingen van de wyd-vermaarde koopstad Amsterdam / Recueil des � ¿½difices les plus considerables . ' (1778 oblong edition), 1783 or 1805 ed., by Pierre Fouquet Jr., published in Amsterdam 1760-1805. First published as individual prints, later bound in the books above. These beautiful prints represent a walk through Amsterdam in the late 18th c., when almost all it's historic buildings were still in existence. Artists and Engravers: Publisher: artist and art dealer Pierre Fouquet Jr. (1729-1800). The first series of 10 townscapes having been issued in 1760-61 engraved by Paul van Liender and Simon Fokke after the drawings by the well-known engraver of town- and landscapes Jan de Beyer (plates nr. 4, 10, 12, 15, 45, 50, 61, 72, 52-3), followed in 1764-68 by a series of 12 scapes by Caspar Philips Jacobsz. (plates nr. 20, 22, 17-9, 21, 9, 23-4, 8, 73, 75), who also engraved the plates after J. de Vlaaming in 1768-69 (plates 27,14). The latest dated plate is from 1771 by C. Philips Jacobsz. (plate 25). 73 plates are undated, 59 of which are by the mysterious H. Schoute who never dated his engravings and seldom signed them. Other artist who contributed to the Atlas are C. Bogerts (after H. (not N.) Keun. plate 4*), J. van der Schley after P.R. van Dijk (plate 69-70) and Coppier and Simon Fokke after six more drawings by Jan de Beyer who cooperated during more than six years. This plate by H. Schoute.Condition: Excellent given age. General age related toning. Original fold line as issued. Please study scan carefully.Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-AMSTERDAM-NETHERLANDS-OOST INDISCH HUIS-VOC-FOUQUET(PCO) B47-42.

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Antique Print-AMSTERDAM-NETHERLANDS-OOST INDISCH HUIS-VOC-Fouquet-1783

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Pictura Prints offers mostly antique prints, art, maps and books. Since 2004 the owner Peter Cornelissen started Theprintscollector and has been in business as a print and book seller. In 2018 he decided to further develop his personal collection through 'Pictura Prints'. Peter has a background in design and landscape architecture and holds a degree in paper restauration. He holds shop in Overasselt, a small town on the Maas river near Nijmegen, The Netherlands, which can be visited by appointment. He is a member of the Dutch Association of Antiquarians (NVVA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).

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