Amsterdam, J. Schenk, [c. 1735].
Winter Vreugde op den Amstel en ‘t gaan des Ysbreekers en der Waterschuiten / Divertissement de l’hyver & le depart du batiment pour casser la glace nommé Ysebreeker avec les bateaux qui vont querir de l’eau fraiche pour l’usage de la ville d’Amsterdam.
Rare 2-sheet etching/engraving (here complete with its third sheet of engraved text in Dutch and French) depicting a winter festival celebrating the running of the “Brewers’ Icebreaker” to clear the Amstel River at Amsterdam during the first years of the 18th century. This large print, with its hundreds of lively..... More