Cornelis Anthonisz.: Bird’s-eye View of Amsterdam |
Artist | Cornelis Anthonisz. (circa 1505 date QS:P,+1505–00–00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 –1553) | | Alternative names | Cornelis Anthoniszoon, Cornelis Anthonisz. Teunissen, Cornelis Anthonisz. Teunisz., Cornelis Anthonisz. Theunissen, Cornelis Anthonisz. Thonisz. | Description | Dutch painter, cartographer, engraver and drawer | Date of birth/death | circa 1505 date QS:P,+1505-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 | 1553 | Location of birth/death | Amsterdam | Amsterdam | Work location | | Authority file | | artist QS:P170,Q2761474 | |
Title | Bird's-eye view of Amsterdam title QS:P1476,en:"Bird's-eye view of Amsterdam " label QS:Len,"Bird's-eye view of Amsterdam " label QS:Lsl,"pogled na Amsterdam s ptičje perspektive" label QS:Lde,"Ansicht von Amsterdam aus der Vogelperspektive" label QS:Lfr,"Vue d'Amsterdam" label QS:Lnl,"Gezicht op Amsterdam in vogelvlucht" |
Object type | painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
Genre | cityscape |
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. |
Date | 1538 date QS:P571,+1538-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
Medium | oil on panel |
Dimensions | height: 116 cm (45.6 in); width: 159 cm (62.5 in) dimensions QS:P2048,116U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,159U174728 |
Collection | institution QS:P195,Q1820897 |
Accession number | SA 3009 |
Place of creation | Amsterdam |
Object history | 1538: commissioned by the city of Amsterdam (?) by 1652date QS:P,+1652-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1652-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Old town hall, Amsterdam by 1667date QS:P,+1667-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1667-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Kamer van de Thesauriers Ordinaris, New town hall, Amsterdam Unknown dateUnknown date : transferred to the Amsterdam Museum, Inventory number SA 3009, 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 - Left and right of the compass rose
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References | |
Source/Photographer | www.amsterdammuseum.nl : Home : Info |
Permission (Reusing this file) | Public domain |
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