Flotilla of merchant ships sailing on the IJ, with Durgerdam in the background

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Gesigt Uyt Het Y Tussen Amsteldam En Zee-Burg, Te Zien Naar Durckerdam

SCHENK, Leonard; [after] LAAN, Abraham van der
Amsterdam,
Leon Schenk,
[c1720].
Engraving with etching, on two sheets joined.
14401

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Flotilla of merchant ships sailing on the IJ, with Durgerdam in the background.

This rare print demonstrates the great strength of the Dutch Republics merchant navy.

Jan Schenk (1698-1752) was an engraver and publisher in Amsterdam.

Adolf van der Laan (1684-1755) was a Dutch draftsman and engraver. ...

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R.W.P. de Vries, auction, 1925: 297.

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