Ceiling of the Citizens' Hall in the City Hall on Dam Square, Het Welfsel vande Groote Burger Sael (title on object), Design for the ceiling of the Citizens' Hall in the City Hall on Dam Square in Amsterdam. In the center - from top to bottom - the fall of Phaeton from the solar chariot of Helios, a map of the southern sky with constellations, a creature with wings and snake tails with a woman in his hands, and a standing and lying figure. Left and right cassettes with flowers, garlands and tablets with flying birds. On the right a scale stick: 50 Feet Measure. Marked bottom right of center: Fig. P. 1. And marked at the bottom right: Fig. P.2., print maker: Dancker Danckerts, (possibly), print maker: Cornelis Danckerts (I), (possibly), after drawing by: Jacob Vennekool, Amsterdam, 1661, paper, etching, engraving, height 443 mm × width 654 mm, print
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Ceiling, Citizens, Hall, City Hall, Dam Square, Het Welfsel vande Groote Burger Sael, title, object, Design, ceiling, Amsterdam, center -, top, bottom -, fall, Phaeton, solar chariot, Helios, map, southern sky, constellations, creature, wings, snake tails, woman, hands, standing, lying figure, Left, right cassettes, flowers, garlands, tablets, flying birds, right, scale stick, 50 Feet Measure, Marked bottom right, center, Fig, P, 1, marked, bottom right, P.2, print maker, Dancker Danckerts, Cornelis Danckerts, I, drawing, Jacob Vennekool, 1661, paper, etching, engraving, height 443 mm ×, width, 654 mm, print
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