Amstelredamvm (Amsterdam)
Manufacturer / MakerCreated by
Georg Braun
(1541 Cologne, Germany - 1622 Cologne, Germany)
Manufacturer / MakerCreated by
Frans Hogenberg
(1535 Mechelen, Belgium - 1590 Cologne, Germany)
Date1572
Mediumhand colored etching on paper
Dimensions17 × 21 in. (43.2 × 53.3 cm)
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of the Albuquerque Museum Foundation from the Lucia v. B. Batten Estate
Object numberPC2015.26.39
DescriptionThis map contains a bird's eye view of the city of Amsterdam and also contains a depiction of the fields surrounding the city view with mountains, the city walls, and a sea filled with large ships. Two adults, male and female, hold hands in lower left corner below an index of names on the map. There is a yellow border with a ridged design in the center, a heraldic crest in the upper left, and a detailed description in Latin of the map in the upper right.On View
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