The Korenbeurs or Corn Exchange, Amsterdam

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Gezigt Van De Koorn-Beurs, Staande op 't water by de Oude-brug 't Amsterdam: gebouwt in't Iaar 1768.

Conspectus celebrttimus bursae frumenti ememndi Mercatores, recipiens: exstructa MDCCLXVIII. Amstelaedamum.

SCHENK, Jan [after] LAAN, Adolphus van der
[Amsterdam,
Petrus Schenk,
c1775].
Engraving with etching, on two sheets joined.
545 by 935mm (21.5 by 36.75 inches).
14422

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The Korenbeurs or Corn Exchange was located on the New Side of the Damrak, south of the Oude Brug, on the site of the current Beurs van Berlage.

The Korenbeurs was built in 1617 under the supervision of city architect Hendrick de Keyser, who was also responsible for the construction of the Koopmansbeurs in Rokin, completed in 1611. The simple building consisted of a courtyard surrounded on three sides by a wooden stoa. The middle stoa fronted the canal, and allow...

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R.W.P. de Vries, auction, 1925: 293

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