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View of the Weteringpoort in Amsterdam
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View of the Weteringpoort in Amsterdam

anonymous · in or before 1693 · etching; engraving; paper

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

About this work

Walloon sword derivative. The iron hilt consists of a pommel with a prominent quillon knob screwed onto it and the knuckle bow attached, which extends into both the quillon with a curl at the end and into the parallel bars filled with an irregularly pierced plate with circles and a few multi-pointed stars; fitted with a thumb guard; the wooden grip is thicker in the middle and wrapped with twisted iron wire of different thicknesses and a braided grip ring at the top and bottom. The straight blade is double-edged; marked on both sides with a running wolf flanked by an inverted 14 and on the outer side of the quillon O T under a crown.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineGezicht op de Weteringpoort te Amsterdam. in or before 1693. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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