Delft.
Amsterdam,
Pieter Smith,
[1703].
Large engraved wall map, on four sheets, joined, surrounded by 33 views of the city and its architecture, joined and mounted on linen, with battens, upper panorama evenly age-toned, small light stain to 'Nieuwe wel-eer st. Ursul's kerck', a few minor nicks.
1590 by 1760mm (62.5 by 69.25 inches); Framed: 1790 by 1990mm (70.5 by 78 inches).
1411
notes:
This fine plan was produced under the stewardship of Dirck van Bleyswijck. Van Bleyswijck (1639-1681) was born into a prominent Delft family and would later become sheriff, orphan master and burgomaster. In 1667, at the tender age of seventeen he published the first volume of his Beschryvinge der Stadt Delft (The Description of Delft), the second volume of which would appear in 1680. The work detailed the history of the city, its monuments, and its most famous historical fi...
bibliography:
Hollstein De Ram 3, second state; Hollstein De Hooghe 274; Landwehr, 'Romeyn de Hooghe the Etcher', 9. 371 (plates arbitrarily attributed to De Hooghe); B. van 't Hoff, 'Oude plattegronden van de stad Delft' (1963) p. 10 and p.37, fig. 6. Kees Zandvliet, 'de groote waereld in't kleen geschildert' (1985) p.88, pl. 33.