[Antique print, engraving] HET ADMIRALITEITS- OF PRINSEN- HOF (Prinsenhof Amsterdam, Hotel The Grand), published 1765.

Name: [Antique print, engraving] HET ADMIRALITEITS- OF PRINSEN- HOF (Prinsenhof Amsterdam, Hotel The Grand), published 1765.
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View on the Prinsenhof in Amsterdam, now hotel The Grand.

The building was found in the 14th-century. At that time, it served as one of the city’s most important women’s monasteries, the Saint Cecilia. However, the Reformation and the proclamation of Protestantism as an official religion in 1576 marked a turning point in Amsterdam’s history. The Monastery of Saint Cecilia was set up in 1578 as a residence for the Prince of Orange and his retinue and served as accommodation for high-ranking guests of the city.

From that moment on, the building was called Prinsenhof, guest house for great personalities. Among the famous guests are: the princes of Orange, William the Silent (1581), his sons and successors Prince Maurits (guest in 1594 and 1618), and Prince Frederik Hendrik (in 1628). The French queen Maria de Medici also stayed there in 1638 and subsequently Maria Stuart (in 1642) and Michiel de Ruyter (in 1665) were guests.

Eventually, in 1662, the Admiralty moved into the main building; the facade was crowned with a triangular tympanum, a design by Daniël Stalpaert.

Titled below: “HET ADMIRALITEITS- OF PRINSEN- HOF.”

The plate appeared in “Amsterdam in zyne opkomst, aanwas, geschiedenissen, voorregten, koophandel, gebouwen” published by Isaak Tirion in Amsterdam in 1765.

SKU: PR120236

Handcolored engraving on paper, trimmed within plate mark; total: 292 x 465 mm; tears and folds along the margins, four vertical folding creases, repaired tears on verso, traces of damp stains; in fair condition.

€ 145,20 (€ 120,00 ex. btw)

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