PLAN OF THE CITY OF AMSTERDAM ABOUT 1650
Plate 1. View of Amsterdam from the East. _(reversed)_. After the etching
by Rembrandt
Plate 2. The Old Town Hall in Amsterdam. After an engraving by Cl. Jz.
Visscher.
Plate 3. The Ruins of the Old Town Hall in Amsterdam, after the Fire in
1652. After the drawing by Rembrandt, formerly in the Heseltine
Collection, now in the Rembrandt House in Amsterdam.
Plate 4. The New Town-Hall in Amsterdam, about 1660. The square building
on the right is the public Weighing-House, where Rembrandt sketched the
ruins of the old town-hall (see preceding illustration). After an etching
by J. van der Ulft, 1656.
Plate 5. The Bridge Called “Grimnessesluis” in Amsterdam. After the
drawing by Rembrandt in the Louvre, Paris. Reproduced, by permission,
from a copyright photograph by Messrs. Braun and Co., Dornach.
Plate 6. View of the Ramparts of Amsterdam, with the St. Anthony-Gate in
the Distance. After the drawing by Rembrandt, formerly in the Heseltine
Collection.
Plate 7. Mills on the West Side of Amsterdam, Looking Toward the Town.
After the drawing by Rembrandt, formerly in the Heseltine Collection, now
in a private collection in Kopenhagen.
Plate 8. View of the Same Side of Town as in Plate 7, but Looking Outward.
The tower on the left is the same as sketched by Rembrandt (_plate 13_).
After an etching by R. Zeeman, about 1650.
Plate 9. The Tower Called “Montelraanstoren” In Amsterdam After the
drawing by Rembrandt, formerly in the Heseltine Collection, now in the
Rembrandt House, Amsterdam
Plate 10. The Same Tower as in the Preceding Illustration, with its
Steeple and Surroundings. After an etching by R. Zeeman, about 1650.
Plate 11. The Canal called “Singel” in Amsterdam. On the left-hand side
Rembrandt’s son, Titus, lived during his short married life. In the
distance, the “Janroopoortstoren”. After an etching by R. Zeeman, about
1650.
Plate 12. The Tower called “Swyght-Utrecht”, and the “Doelen” in Amsterdam
(see _plate 20_). After the drawing by Rembrandt in the collection of Dr.
C. Hofsteded de Groot, The Hague.
Plate 13. The Tower Called “Westertoren” In Amsterdam. After the drawing
by Rembrandt, in the Fodor Museum, Amsterdam
Plate 14. The Canal called “Prinsengracht” in Amsterdam. The tower seen on
the left is the same as seen in the preceding illustration. After an
etching by R. Zeeman, about 1650.
Plate 15. The St. Anthony-Market in Amsterdam, with the Old Gate
Transformed into a Weighing-House. After an etching by R. Zeeman, about
1650.
Plate 16. Rembrandt’s House In The “St. Anthonie-breestraat” In Amsterdam
On the left: As it must have looked when Rembrandt occupied it. On the
right: Present state.
Plate 17. The Bridge and Sluice called “St. Anthonie-sluis” in Amsterdam,
seen from the North. Rembrandt’s home (_plate 16_) stood in the immediate
vicinity of this spot. After the drawing by A. Waterloo, in the Fodor
Museum, Amsterdam.
Plate 18. The “doelenstraat” In Amsterdam (old situation) The receding
building, behind the low wall with gate, on the right, is the “Doelen” for
which Rembrandt painted “The Night Watch.” The house where the master
lived in 1636 was next to the house seen on the extreme right. The tower
seen above the roof is the one sketched by Rembrandt (_plate 12_). Compare
also _plate 20_ After the drawing by R. Vinkeles in the Archives in
Amsterdam
Plate 19. The Back of the Houses in the “Doelenstraat” in Amsterdam. The
narrow house in the middle, two windows wide, is, although rebuilt, the
one where Rembrandt lived in 1636. To the left, part of Messrs. Frederk
Muller & Co.’s aution and exhibition rooms.
Plate 20. The Tower “Swyght-Utrecht” and the Backs of the Houses of the
“Doelenstraat” in Amsterdam. The third house from the tower must be the
one occupied by Rembrandt in 1636. After an engraving by van Meurs of
about 1660.
Plate 21. The Old Exchange in Amsterdam. After an engraving by Cl. Jz.
Visscher.
Plate 22. The Inn Called “de Keizers Kroon” In The Kalverstraat,
Amsterdam. Here Rembrandt’s collections were sold by auction, after his
bankruptcy, in 1657 and 1058. After an anonymous drawing in the Archives
in Amsterdam.
Plate 23. The House Of Mr. F. Banning Cocq (the Captain And Prominent
Person In Rembrandt’s “Night-watch”) In Amsterdam After an anonymous
drawing in the family archives of Jhr. D. de Graeff at The Hague
Plate 24. The Star of the Kings. Children before a street door on
Epiphany-evening. After the drawing by Rembrandt, in the British Museum,
London. Salting Bequest.
Plate 25. Children Refore A Street Door: The One In The Middle With A
“Rommelpot”. After the drawing by Rembrandt, in the British Museum, London
Plate 26. A Quacksalver on a Market-Place. After the drawing by
Rembrandt. In the collection of Frederich August II, in Dresden.
Plate 27. Portrait Of Jan Lutma. From an impression, in the First State,
of Rembrandt’s etching, in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
[Plan of the City of Amsterdam about 1650]