Historical City Views

Engravings and drawings depicting historical views of cities, featuring architecture, waterways, and scenes of daily life from the 17th century.

View Utrecht (plate II), Herman Saftleven, 1648

Strasbourg 1663-65 Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian View of Strasbourg from the river; barge with cabin approaching in foreground; rider and figures on foot on a road on the left bank; city wall with tower in background, cathedral beyond.. Strasbourg 360683

Anonymous drawing showing a street view in front of a church, executed with brown pen, gray wash, and graphite pencil; vertical folds, brownish spots, and light pollution appear on the edges.

Gezicht op de Eerste Sint-Antoniespoort te Amsterdam; Anthonis Poort.View of the first Sint-AntonieSpoort in Amsterdam, seen from De Geldersekade. Different boats in the foreground. After the city expansions from the end of the sixteenth century, this fifteenth-century building would be within the city (on the Nieuwmarkt) and lost its position as a city gate. In 1617-1618 it was furnished as Waag. Numbered at the top left: HH. 3. Legal under numbered: 3.

London from Arundel House (copy) 17th century () Copy after Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian. London from Arundel House (copy) 361771

Zu Düren 1664 Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian Fortified walls of Zuren at left, with two round towers and square bastion and moat outside; men walking and riding on the fields at right, with cottage and trees in the background.. Zu Düren 360691

View of the Groenendael Abbey. .

View of a church on the water, Wencslaus Hollar, after Marcus Gheeraerts, 1625 - 1677 print paper etching church (exterior). landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone)

View Utrecht (plate II), Herman Saftleven, 1648

View of Kleve, Jan de Beijer, 1745 drawing paper. ink. chalk pen prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Cleves

View of the castle of Gorinchem. .

View of Weissenfeld, Germany 18th Century. Engraving.

View of the ruins of the abbey in Rijnsburg, Jacobus Schijnvoet, after Roelant Roghman, 1711 - 1774 print View on the right side of the ruin of the Rijnsburg Abbey in 1574. paper etching ruin of church, monastery, etc. Abbey of Rijnsburg

An old castle beside a small tavern, with a rider and a running companion in the foreground, depicted in brown ink.

Photo collection Government information service. Buitenplaats Rupelmonde, owned by Jean de Wolf. Engraving of Daniël Stoopendaal. 1719. Nieuwersluis, Vecht

View of the Bat and the Maasbrug in Maastricht ..

View of the Klingengasse, in Rothenbrug Ob der Tauber, Anonymous, 1758 - 1796 print Numbered at the top right: 8. paper etching / engraving street. kicking (horse in motion) Rothenburg ob der Tauber

Bonfires in The Hague after the proclamation of the file, 1609; Scenes of the war of 1608 and 1609. View of the Buitenhof, the Vijverberg and the prison gate in The Hague where cannon shots are fired and bonfires burn to celebrate the proclamation of the file, 21 April 1609.

City of Oxford: cityscape from Christchurch meadows. Etching by C.P.

View of Diemen. View of the village of Diemen, with the church on the left and on the right a farm with a starring roof. Info some people and grazing cattle.

View of Amsterdam (Vue d'Amsterdam), a tower and houses to left, men standing on the pier to right, many ships in the port in the background, from 'Views of seaports' (Vues de ports de mar). Artist: Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610-1664 Florence). Dimensions: Sheet: 3 9/16 x 5 1/2 in. (9 x 13.9 cm). Series/Portfolio: 'Views of seaports' (Vues de ports de mar). Date: 1647. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Figures at a toll house with a tower a gate at a wooden bridge. 22nd print of a series of 36 prints of landscapes, divided into six parts.

Game of the Bridge, Pisa 1634 Designed by Stefano della Bella Italian. Game of the Bridge, Pisa 377888

View of the Sint-Antoniepoort and the Rondeel in Amsterdam, Jan Goeree, After Anonymous, 1723 print Two performances. Above: the Sint-Antoniepoort of Amsterdam. Below: The Rondeel and the Kolvenierstoren of Amsterdam around 1544. Each performance has a Dutch caption. At the top right of the page number 186. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving city-gate (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage) First Sint-Antoniepoort. Hotel Het Rondeel

Prospect of the Lower Part of Tangier. Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607-1677 London). Dimensions: Sheet: 4 13/16 × 8 5/16 in. (12.2 × 21.1 cm). Series/Portfolio: Various views of Tangier.New Hollstein 2227-2232. Date: ca. 1670.View onto Tangier, with the bay and hills in the distance; in the foreground, two figures on horseback, and a troop of soldiers in foreground at left; two ships in the bay. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Trinità dei Monti in Rome; Roman ruins and coastal landscapes (series 1). On the left the Trinità dei Monti church in Rome. In addition, other buildings and trees. Print is part of a series of Roman ruins and coastal landscapes to a pictures of Willem van Nieulandt.

Castle (Warmond). Dated: published 1612. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: the Elder after Lucas van Doetechum after Master of the Small Landscapes Claes Jansz Visscher after Johannes van Doetechum.

View of a castle near a town, draughtsman: Herman Saftleven, (possibly), 1619 - 1685, paper, brush, h 161 mm × w 265 mm

Castle de Cannenburch, Vaassen, seen from the side, with entrance bridge to the right, Side view of castle de Cannenburch, print maker: Reinierus Albertus Ludovicus baron van Isendoorn à Blois, (mentioned on object), Vaassen, 1796 - 1856, paper, etching, h 75 mm × w 101 mm

View of the river side saumur. In the blade of the magazine Left: Salmvria, a four-line Latin caption The Lincler Collignon Sculp Cum Privil Regis; In the margin of the blade right: SAVMVR, a four-line fransch caption and Excudit Parisiis

Castle Nijenrode near Breukelen. Draughtsman: Herman Saftleven. Dating: 1619 - 1685. Measurements: h 302 mm × w 448 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Wittevrouwenpoort

Views: Three Columns and a Statue on the Sea Coast, 1735-1746. Antonio Canaletto (Italian, 1697-1768). Etching;

View of the old town hall in Amsterdam, Jan Veenhuysen, 1665 print View of the old town hall in Amsterdam on the west side of the Dam. At the far left the first house of the Kalverstraat, to the right of the Gasthuissteeg. On Verso Dutch text. paper etching / letterpress printing townhall City Hall of Amsterdam (14th century-1652). Dam. Kalverstraat

Michael Fosie (1724-1794), Church in Italy, 1745

Cityscape with a building with a dome -shaped roof, Simon Frisius, after Matthijs Bril, 1611 print Cityscape with a building with a dome -shaped roof, on the right in the foreground a man on horseback accompanied by a dog under a tree. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: The Hague paper etching prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage)

River landscape with face on Rhenen ..

View of Aelzen (Alsemberg) At Brussels.

View of Wijk bij Duurstede, Thomas Doesburgh, 1683 - 1714 print paper etching church (exterior). landscape with tower or castle. city-view in general; 'veduta'. sailing-ship, sailing-boat. poling, punting Wijk bij Duurstede

Constantinople: the Historic Peninsula. Engraving by J. Isac.

Landscape with a river and gatehouse; Landscapes.

View of Rome with the Engelenburcht, the Engelenbrug and the Sint-Pietersbasiliek, Jacobus Baptist, After Lievin Cruyl, 1729 print The print is part of an album. print maker: Amsterdamafter drawing by: Romepublisher: Leiden paper etching city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions. bridge in city across river, canal, etc.. church (exterior) St. Peter's basilica. Engelenburcht. Angel Bridge. Tiber

Engelenburch in Rome, Stefano Della Bella, 1620 - 1664 print View of the Engelenburcht in Rome from the left bank of the Tiber River. There is a large flag on the roof of the castle. Smoke rises from behind the castle. In the foreground on the left women under a tree. Italy paper etching city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions. river. bridge in city across river, canal, etc.. castle English-curvy. Tiber

View of the Palace of Mansfeld, 'La Fontaine', Anonymous, 1652 print View of the Palace of Mansfeld, 'La Fontaine'. Above, in the middle, the weapon of the graves of Mansfeld. With Latin text on Verso. paper etching / engraving / letterpress printing palace. armorial bearing, heraldry Sait (city). La fontaine

The city / of Amersfo0rt. / in the province of Utrecht.

Village view with a large church on the left; Topographia Vararum Regionum. A country road leads to a village with houses and farms. Links a big church.

View of the High German and Portuguese synagogue of Amsterdam, Pieter van Gunst (Possible), 1659 - 1731 print The High German and Portuguese synagogue of Amsterdam. In the foreground the street with walkers, venters, a carriage with horses and a bridge over a canal. Two putti in the air hold a banderole with the title up. Amsterdam paper etching the Synagogue (as building and place of worship ~ Jewish religion). church (exterior). street (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage). 'Sephardim' ~ Jewish communities. 'Ashkenazim' ~ Jewish communities Amsterdam. Portuguese synagogue. High German Synagogue

View of Haarlem from the northwest face on Haarlem from the northwest; In the foreground windmills, cattle, a haystack and flying boys.

Intake from Huy, 1595, 1595 - 1597 print Intake of Huy in the Prinsbiomse Liège through the Staatse Army, February 5, 1595. Riders of the State Army drive into the city over the bridge over the Maas. With caption of 12 lines in German. Numbered in the bottom left: 303. The print is part of an album. Cologne paper etching capture of city (after the siege) How

Enniscorthy, Wexford , Bridges, Rivers, Cities & towns

Dujardin, Karel, work, City in the mountains, 1658, line etching, graphics, image width 15.3 cm, image height 12 cm

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1607-1677, Bohemian, Civitatis Weftmonafteriensis pars. Engraving.

. View of the Heukelum port to Asperate, in the direction of Leerdam (left in the background). At the top right numbered: 9.

Beurs van London, Wenceslaus Hollar, 1647 print Antwerp paper etching stock exchange, stock-market Scholarship

'T Huys to Rysenborg

Beursbouwen and Waagbouwen in Amsterdam, Adolf van der Laan, 1723 print Six numbered illustrations of Beurs and Waagbouwen in Amsterdam: Beurs van Hendrik de Keyser, Korenbeurs, Waag op de Dam, Waag on the Nieuwmarkt, Regulierswaag. The buildings are provided with an explanation on the corresponding text sheet. Print left and top right marked: ii. Part. 2. Book - pages: 61. paper etching civic architecture; edifices; dwellings Fair of Hendrik de Keyser. Korenbeurs. Waag on Dam Square. Waag on the Nieuwmarkt. Regulierswaag

IJsselmonde Castle, 1731 - 1732 Page 1 recto from a sketchbook with 78 sheets. IJsselmonde paper. pencil. ink pen / brush IJsselmonde Page 1 recto from a sketchbook with 78 sheets. IJsselmonde paper. pencil. ink pen / brush IJsselmonde

Group houses in a city, draughtsman: anonymous, Noord-Italië, 1500 - 1599, paper, h 280 mm × w 168 mm

Charles Meryon after Jacques Androuet Ducerceau I, Chateau de Chenonceau, 1re planche (The Chateau of Chenonceau, 1st plate), 1856 Chateau de Chenonceau, 1re planche (The Chateau of Chenonceau, 1st plate)

Rome, Rossi, Giovanni Giacomo de', Italy, Bartolomeo, Maggi, Giovanni, Magesyn der Italiaense buildings, Nova racolta degl'obelischi et colonne antiche, dellalma Citta di Roma con le sve dichiaratione, Roman monuments, mainly obelisks, Obelisco detto la Guglia di S. Mauto, Obelisk in Rome, Egyptian obelisk on a square in front of a church in Rome. The print is part of an album., print, album sheet, prints, height 213 mm, width 156 mm, Italian, 1566 - 1618, print maker, printmaker, 1651 - 1651, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1627 - 1691, publisher

Castle. Dated: published in or before 1676. Medium: etching retouched with engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: the Elder and Lucas van Doetechum after Master of the Small Landscapes Johannes van Doetechum.

Palace and a square with fountain in a nutshell perspective, Johannes or Lucas van Doetechum, after Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1601 print Palace and a square with fountain in a nutshell perspective. This print is part of an album. Antwerp paper etching architectural representations in general. village square, place. ornamental fountain

(Praha) General view of the city from across the Vltava. Date: 1880

Print, Distant View of Cannstadt; Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677); etching support: paper; 5.4 x 11.3 cm (2 1/8 x 4 7/16 in.) Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)

Moated Town Gate, 1676. Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, 1607-1677). Etching; sheet: 5.8 x 13.5 cm (2 5/16 x 5 5/16 in.).

Landscape with ruins and fantasy architecture to running water with waterfall; Landscapes with ruins and fantasy architecture and figures in antique and exotic pregnancy. Landscape with ruins and fantasy architecture to running water with waterfall and two trees front right. Print from a series of landscapes with ruins and fantasy architecture.

Amsterdam, Wendel, Jacobus, Tower guards New Year's Wish, To the residents of Amsterdam. Westerkerks Toren., New Year's wish from the Amsterdam tower guards, 1816, verso - stamped, New Year's wish from W. Wärnär, the tower guard of the Amsterdam Westerkerk, for the year 1816. View of the Westerkerk in Amsterdam. With a verse in two columns and a song in three verses., print, engraving, folk print, New Year's wish, prints, engravings, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 450 mm, width 260 mm, Dutch, printer, drukker, 1815 - 1816, paper, papier, houtcut, letterpress printing, boekdruk, print maker, prentmaker

Figure 95 of 'Theuerdank' (1517) shows an oversized Theuerdank at a city gate of a fortified city, likely with a moat, illustrating strategic entry and urban fortification in medieval settings.

Village view with a church. View of a village or city with a church. In the distance there is a village or city at the foot of a few hills.

Old town hall in Amsterdam during demolition, drawn in black chalk by Rembrandt van Rijn around 1647.

Germany, 18th century. Munich, Franciscan (Franzisknenkloster) Convent, 1701. Engraving by Michael Wening.

Depiction of Montfort with a canal and bridge, drawn by Jacques van der Burgh using pen, brush, gray washes, and graphite pencil.

View of Meppel. From the Hoogeveenschen Straatweg , print maker: Johann Gabriel Friedrich Poppel, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Dirk Philippus Hissink, (mentioned on object), publisher: Gustav Georg Lange, (mentioned on object), publisher: Darmstadt, publisher: Gouda, 1858, paper, steel engraving, h 170 mm - w 229 mm

Bird flight view on the Cellebroedersklooster, 1544, Anonymous, 1729 print paper etching / engraving abbey, monastery, convent ~ Roman Catholic church Amsterdam

Face of zassezentgrót; Topographical images of Austria, Hungary and the Balkans; Short radiance, and the Aen-Wysinghe der Plaetsen in Desen Boeck, with the Hunen Heijghen Stand, Portinaal Uyt-Ghebeldt, in Oostryck. View of the Zalaszentgrot settlement. In the foreground, outside the city walls, a cattle eagle and his family. Above the cityscape a cartouche with the name of the place.

Face when entering The Hague, 1697, 1697 print Face when entering The Hague. In the caption the two titles in French and Dutch. Part (print 13) of the series of sixteen smaller prints about the Ter Nieuburch house in Rijswijk and the peace negotiations held there resulting in the Peace of Rijswijk closed on September 20, 1697. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: The Hague paper etching The Hague

Ruins on the Rapenburg in Leiden after the disaster, 1807. Face from the Nieuwsteeg bridge on the destroyed area after the gunpowder disaster on the Rapenburg (stone shed) in Leiden on January 12, 1807. Cleanlements after the disaster, Central De Sauaihal, left in the distance Pieterskerk. In the foreground the body of a victim is carried out.

City with built -up bridge, Joannes van Doetechum (I) (attributed to), Volcxken Diericx, After Lucas Gassel, in or after 1570 - c. 1580 print View of a bridge over a river. Houses have been built on the bridge; In the middle a fortress with a cannon. At the front right is an obelisk with a figure on top. paper etching / engraving bridge in city with structures, i.e. shops, houses, e.g. Ponte Vecchio in Florence

France. Paris. View of Saint-Germain-des-Prés and Pré aux Clercs under reign of Charles V. Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés (in the foreground), the Louvre (centre), the Petit-Bourbon (on the right), the Seine River and Montmartre ( top of the hill). Facsimile of an engraving from 1724 in Dom Jacques Bouillart's "Histoire de l'Abbaye Royale de Saint Germain des Prez". Sciences & Lettres au Moyen Age et à l'époque de la Renaissance. Paris, 1877.

Plompetoren "and" 316 "and" 3 "pencil (later handwriting) Verso m.b ..

View of the Binnenhof and the Hofvijver, 1621 (right magazine), 1621 print View of the Binnenhof and the Hofvijver, in three plates (right magazine), 1621. On the left the buildings of the court, in the foreground walkers and some riders. In the caption 3 times 2 lines in Dutch. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving Hofvijver. Courtyard

Burnt-out houses in the Goudsbloemstraat in Amsterdam, 1682 Two wooden houses in the Gout-blom-Straat, caught fire, extinguished, and held up on December 25, 1682 / Figure de deux maisons de bois, situation of the Goudsblom Street, ou le feu se on December 25, 1682, and comment on fur sauces (title on object), Two burnt-out but still standing houses in the Goudsbloemstraat in Amsterdam, after the fire on December 25, 1682. With three-line caption in Dutch and French (in mirror image). Counter pressure from plate 13 from the Jan van der Heyden Brandspuitenboek., Fire-extinguishing equipment, fire-fighting, gelding of a building, architecture, urban housing, Goudsbloemstraat, Jan van der Heyden, Jan van der Heyden (attributed to), Amsterdam, 1690 - 1735, paper, counterproof, h 301 mm × w 217 mm

Conquest of Diest, 1580, 1580 - 1582 print Conquest of Diest by the State Army under the Spanish captain Alonso Vanegas, 9 June 1580. The city gate is opened to Zichem so that the Staatse Ruiters can enter, on the right climbing soldiers with ladders of the city. With caption of 12 lines in German and 2 lines in French. Numbered: 36. It is wrongly stated on the print that the city was conquered by French in May 1580. Cologne paper etching capture of city (after the siege) Diest

Strasbourg. Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607-1677 London). Dimensions: Sheet: 1 3/4 × 6 7/16 in. (4.5 × 16.4 cm). Series/Portfolio: River views of Germany and the low countries, set of 12. Date: 1642-44.View of Strasbourg from the bank of the Ill; angler at centre foreground, bridge in background, Cathedral in the distance at right. One of a set of 12 views in Germany, formerly in an album, now disbound. According to Vertue, these prints based on drawings made in 1632 when Hollar made a Rhine journey from Cologne. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

View of the city of Ariccia, Martin Engelbrecht, 1708 - 1756 print On the left the Palazzo Chigi and in the middle the church Santa Maria Assunta in Cielo. A explanatory list of numbers in the lower margin. publisher: Augsburgprint maker: Germany paper. cardboard. prepared paper. watercolor (paint). deck paint etching / brush / cutting / perforating city-view in general; 'veduta' (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage). church (exterior). palace Ariccia. Palazzo Chigi. Santa Maria Assunta in Heaven

View of the Place Dauphine with the built -up Pont Au Change and the Pont Saint -Michel over the Seine River in Paris, Anonymous, 1700 - 1799 print Numbered at the top right: 71. paper. cardboard. prepared paper. watercolor (paint). deck paint etching / brush / cutting / perforating square, place, circus, etc. (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage). bridge in city across river, canal, etc. (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage) Paris. Seine. Place Dauphine. Saint-Michel bridge. Change bridge

Panorama of Münster, Pieter Nolpe, Hendrick Focken, Anonymous

Vue de l'Eglise c le de grodno view of the cathedral church in Grodno Tyszkiewicz, Anna (1779 1867)

View of the built -up Pont Saint -Michel over the Seine River in Paris, Anonymous, 1700 - 1799 print Boats sail on the water with goods. paper. cardboard. prepared paper. watercolor (paint). deck paint etching / brush / cutting / perforating bridge in city across river, canal, etc. (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage). rowing-boat, canoe, etc. Saint-Michel bridge. Seine

View of the place of Greve and the Church Notre-Dame Israel Silvestre (1621-1691) and Israel Henriet (1590-1661). "View of the place of strike and the Church Notre-Dame". Forte, 1650-1660.

View of the Church of Saint -Laurent, Israel Silvestre, 1631 - 1661 print France paper etching landscape with tower or castle. church (exterior) Saint-Laurent church

Delft mill on the Spooringel. Page 21 and 22 from a sketchbook with 175 pages.

Rheinfels Castle on the Rhine, 1694 - 1697 print Print from a series of 71 prints with Rhine landscapes, faces on royal palaces and cityscapes from The Hague and Amsterdam. paper etching castle. river Castle Rheinfels. Rhine

Historical view, 19th century, of the city of Bydgoszcz, formerly Prussia, Germany, today Bydgoszcz, Poland, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated, Europe

View of the city of Cologne, Anonymous, 1517 - 1530 print The city of Cologne with a large church and mill. paper city-view in general; 'veduta' Cologne

Cathedral in the Moscow Kremlin (Illustration from "Travels to the Great Duke of Muscovy and the King of Persia" by Adam Oleariu by Rothgiesser, Christian Lorenzen (-1659) / Private Collection / 1634 / Germany / Copper engraving / History /Baroque

Kasteel Doorwerth in Doorwerth, 1731 Page 40 Recto from a sketchbook with 78 sheets. Doorwerth paper. ink. pencil pen / brush Castle Doorwerth Page 40 Recto from a sketchbook with 78 sheets. Doorwerth paper. ink. pencil pen / brush Castle Doorwerth

Castle Frisselstein at Veghel. Draughtsman: Cornelis Pronk. Dating: 1720 - 1740. Measurements: h 128 mm × w 203 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

View of the Palatin with sunrise, Jacques Androuet (Attributed to), After Hieronymus Cock, 1551 - 1584 print View on a part of the ruins on the Palatijn in Rome with the sunrise above the hills on the left. This print is part of an album. France paper etching ruin of a building ~ architecture Palatin

Rhenen.

The view of the city with women in the foreground; 1880-1890 (1880-00-00-1890-00-00);

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