Monogrammist R (writer 18th century), Amsterdam, Vondel, Joost van den, Crajenschot, Jacobus Adrianus, Theodorus, J. Wz., Bogerts, Cornelis, The fire in the Amsterdam Theatre, 1772, Theatre, Title print for print series: The fire in the Amsterdam Theatre, verso - stamped, Father Time opens the curtain of the ruins of the Amsterdam theatre. The theatre sits on a heap of rubble with the coat of arms of Amsterdam and a burnt beehive. The bees have escaped. In the background the fire is still raging in the collapsed building., print, title print, prints, Allegory of the fire in the Amsterdam Theatre, Title print for the series of four prints about the fire in the Amsterdam Theatre on the Keizersgracht on 11 May 1772. Father Time pulls aside the curtain of the ruined stage to reveal the burning theatre. Amidst the ruins sits the sad personification of the Amsterdam Schouwburg with the city's coat of arms and a burnt beehive, from which the bees have escaped, in her hands. Under the stage a cartouche with the title and the well-known verse by Vondel ('The world is a play stage: everyone plays his role and gets his share'). To the left and right of it a six-line verse in Dutch (left) and French (right)., height 287 mm, width 365 mm, 1745 - 1817-02-03, print maker, printmaker, 1772 - 1772, paper, papier, etching, engraving, graveren (drukprocedé), Nederlands, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publicatie, 1717 - 1803, publisher, uitgever, Noord-Nederlands, 1587-11-17 - 1679-02-05, writer

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