Title print for the series of four prints about the fire in the Amsterdam Theatre on the Keizersgracht on 11 May 1772. Father Tijd pulls aside the curtain of the ruinous stage to reveal the burning theatre. In the midst of the ruins sits the sad personification of the Amsterdam Theatre with the coat of arms of the city and a burnt beehive, from which the bees escaped, in her hands. Below the stage an empty cartouche, Allegory on the fire in the Amsterdamse Schouwburg, 1772 Title print for print series: The fire in the Amsterdamse Schouwburg, 1772 The fire in the Amsterdamse Schouwburg, 1772 (series title), print maker: Cornelis Bogerts, intermediary draughtsman: J. Wz. Crajenschot, Amsterdam, 1772, paper, etching, engraving, h 288 mm × w 358 mm
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