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Cityscape with People at the Former Franciscan Monastery
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Cityscape with People at the Former Franciscan Monastery

Esaias Boursse · 1662 · brush; paper; ink

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

The former Portuguese Franciscan monastery, after the war taken over as Governor's House and as an arsenal. On the left a long facade with in the middle a double stone staircase with a platform leading to a door on the first floor. At that height windows are also drawn. Above that a triangular gable with a decoration on a side corner and a cross on the top. Behind that a lower building sticks out, with on the floor a row of windows with shutters. All buildings have a tiled roof. Far left a slope is drawn. At the end there is a row of trees. The facade in the middle is dominated by a very high entrance: a gate arch with a triangular pediment. Above it two windows with open shutters. The triangular gable has a round closed window. At the top of the blind side wall is a projecting roof cornice. The roof itself is missing. To the right another building adjoins, with a low tiled roof. It has a slightly higher facade but a much lower gate. Above and next to it windows are drawn.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineCityscape with people at the former Franciscan monastery. 1662. Esaias Boursse. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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