Map with a design for the dike of the Haarlemmermeer, 1641, Provisional concept design and the layout serving the embankment of the large water lakes (title on object), Nieuwe caerte verthonende hoe, and in some ways, the Haerlemmer, Leydse, and the Spieringh Meer (...) Bedyckt soude moghen werken (...) (title on object), Map with a design for the dike of the Haarlemmermeer, 1641. Left Leiden, right Haarlem, bottom Amsterdam. The first title is at the top. At the top center the coat of arms of the States General. Top right a cartouche with the second title. Bottom left a cloth hanging between columns with a verse entitled 'Aenden Leeuw van Hollant'. On the tympanum a lion defeating a wolf, at the bottom of the columns a surveyor (left) and the personification of Hope (right). Below it three scale sticks: A ghemene Dutch myl; 2000 Rhynland rods of 12 feet; An hour's sleep. On the right the legend A-Q, above a bear with a cub and a four-line poem entitled 'Noodtwendicheydt'., print, print maker: Willem van der Laegh, Jacob Bartelsz Veris, (mentioned on object), Joost van den Vondel, (mentioned on object), Northern Netherlands, 1641, paper, etching, engraving, height, 477 mm × width, 700 mm
Keywords:
Map, design, dike, Haarlemmermeer, 1641, Provisional concept design, layout serving, embankment, large water lakes, title, object, Nieuwe caerte verthonende hoe, ways, Haerlemmer, Leydse, Spieringh Meer, Bedyckt soude moghen werken, Left Leiden, right Haarlem, bottom Amsterdam, first title, top, top center, coat, arms, States General, Top right, cartouche, second title, Bottom left, cloth hanging, columns, verse entitled, Aenden Leeuw van Hollant, tympanum, lion defeating, wolf, bottom, surveyor, left, personification, Hope, right, three scale sticks, ghemene Dutch myl, 2000 Rhynland rods, 12 feet, hour's sleep, legend A-Q, bear, cub, four-line poem entitled, Noodtwendicheydt, print, print maker, Willem van der Laegh, Jacob Bartelsz Veris, mentioned, Joost van den Vondel, Northern Netherlands, paper, etching, engraving, height, 477 mm × width, 700 mm
Image ID:
The watermark in the image will not appear on the final download.