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View of a ruined city

Jan Wandelaar · 1725 · etching; engraving; paper

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

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Groups of men and women stand in panic together after their city has been struck by natural disaster. In the foreground a man mourns by his dead wife and child. In the background buildings have collapsed. A volcano has erupted and lava spurts out of it. The sky is filled with lightning bolts. Numbered in the center bottom: VI.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

Subjects

print boekillustratie eruption (of volcano)

Credit lineGezicht op een verwoeste stad. 1725. Jan Wandelaar. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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