Time verse on the inauguration of the new Amsterdam Theater, 1774, On the inauguration of the Nieuwen Schouwburg in Amsterdam, the fifteenth of September (title on object), Sheet with an oval allegorical representation and a two-line time verse on the inauguration of the new Amsterdam Theater on Leidseplein, September 15, 1774. This city theater was built to replace the theater on the Keizersgracht that burned down in 1772 and burned down itself in 1890. In the middle the personification of the Amsterdam Theater welcomes a new beehive, a man and two children on her lap. To her right are two putti unfurling an image of the new building. In the foreground are books and writings with plays. Ahead: Apollo, the Muses and Pegasus on Parnassus., print, print maker: Noach van der Meer (II), (mentioned on object), after own design by: Noach van der Meer (II), (mentioned on object), Johannes Franciscus Delsing, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1774 - 1775, paper, etching, engraving, height, 265 mm × width, 196 mm
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