File:Amsterdam in 1538.JPG
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Cornelis Anthonisz.: Bird’s-eye View of Amsterdam
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| Title |
Bird's-eye view of Amsterdam  |
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| Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre |
cityscape |
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| Description |
Oldest surviving map of Amsterdam, showing the city's finished medieval walls, towers and gates. Like in most old maps of Amsterdam the city is shown from the IJ, so that the view is directed to the south rather than the north. |
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| Date | 1538 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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oil on panel |
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| Dimensions | height: 116 cm (45.6 in); width: 159 cm (62.5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
SA 3009 |
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| Place of creation | Amsterdam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Object history |
1538: commissioned by the city of Amsterdam (?) |
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| Exhibition history | Het Aanzien van Amsterdam. Panorama's, plattegronden en profielen uit de Gouden Eeuw, Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 19 October 2007–16 January 2008, ISBN 978-90-6868-444-5, p. 86-87, cat. no. 3, with color image, as Gezicht in vogelvlucht op Amsterdam, 1538. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inscriptions |
Title top center: AMSTERDAM
top right: AMSTELVEEN
bottom center: HET [-] TY
Date and monogram bottom left: 153[8] [-] CAT
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www.amsterdammuseum.nl : Home : Info
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| Permission (Reusing this file) |
Public domain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| current | 22:35, 27 March 2016 | 6,400 × 4,138 (2.92 MB) | ויקיג'אנקי | Improved colors | |
| 22:28, 27 March 2016 | 6,400 × 4,138 (1.7 MB) | WikiJunkie | File:View of Amsterdam.JPG cropped 11 % vertically using CropTool with precise mode. |
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