Antique Print of the 'Oude Kerk' in Amsterdam by Goeree, 1765

Antique print titled 'De Ooster Kerk van binnen'. This print depicts a church interior in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. This print originates from ' Amsterdam, In Zyne Opkomst, Aanwas,...

Antique print titled 'De Nieuwe Kerk van binnen, naar 't Westen, te zien'. This print depicts the interior of the 'Nieuwe Kerk' in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. This print originates f...

Antique print titled 'De Wester-Kerk van binnen, naar 't Oosten, te zien. This print depicts a church interior in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. This print originates from ' Amsterdam, ...

Antique print titled 'De Nieuwe-Zyds-Kapel van binnen, naar 't Oosten, te zien'. This print depicts a church interior in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. This print originates from ' Amst...

Pieter van der Aa (1659 - 1733), after David Loggan (1634 - 1692) King's College Chapel, Cambridge Engraving 12 x 16 cm An eighteenth-century view of the interior of King's College ...

Jan Goeree (Middelburg 1670 – Amsterdam 1731) Interior of the Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam (c. 1724) Red chalk for the architecture, pen and black ink, grey wash on paper Composition reversed in preparation for engraving 25 × 17.5 cm Watermark: Hunting horn, Churchill 318 (dated 1724) Unsigned Provenance Private collection, France Context & Attribution Trained in the studio of Gérard de Lairesse, Jan Goeree was among the finest Dutch engravers of the early eighteenth century, celebrated for his architectural views of Amsterdam. This drawing is a preparatory study for an engraving of the same subject now preserved in a major public collection. The final print—slightly larger—closely follows the reversed composition of this sheet. Subject In the center of the Gothic nave, five bearers carry a catafalque toward a freshly dug grave—a tribute to the naval heroes often buried in the Nieuwe Kerk. This funerary motif, familiar from Dutch painting (e.g. Emanuel de Witte, 1657), evokes the vanitas theme and the transience of earthly life. Technical Analysis Goeree’s use of red chalk for the architecture and ink for the figures reveals his working method: the chalk lines could be used to produce a counterproof restoring the correct orientation of the architecture, while the inked figures remained adjustable before the design was transferred to the copper plate. Place within the Oeuvre Drawings of church...

Nouvelle Conciergerie is a black and white etching realized by Pierre-Lucien Faure-Dujarric in 1863. Titled in the lower. Image size: 17.5cmx12.5cm. Good condition. Signed and da...

Decorate an office, study, or library with this elegant antique etching depicting one of Rome’s most significant landmarks. Hand-colored in Italy circa 1775, this detailed black-and-...