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Allegory of New Amsterdam or New York in America: Study for the Engraving "N: Amsterdam, ou N: Iork in Ameriq--:"
Allegory of New Amsterdam or New York in America: Study for the Engraving "N: Amsterdam, ou N: Iork in Ameriq--:"
Artist/Maker (Dutch, active 17th century)
Printer and Publisher (French/Dutch, 1661 - 1711)

Allegory of New Amsterdam or New York in America: Study for the Engraving "N: Amsterdam, ou N: Iork in Ameriq--:"

ca. 1700
Place madeNew York, New York, United States, North America
Brown and black ink and wash with red chalk, white lead pigment, black chalk, and tracing impressions from a stylus on ivory paper, inlaid into a larger sheet
Overall: 7 1/4 x 9 3/8 in. ( 18.4 x 23.8 cm )
mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Gift of Lucius Wilmerding
1949.45
This original drawing in reverse, apparently executed by "Pieter Mortier," was probably drawn ca. 1700 for the copperplate engraving of New York as it appeared in 1673. It was published in Amsterdam by P. Mortier, whose signature on the engraving appears as "P. Mortier, cum Privil." A copy is in the Society's Print Room. The prototype of the Mortier view is the so-called Restitutio View of New Amsterdam, which was drawn to celebrate the recapture of the city by the Dutch in August 1673.
InscribedInscribed at lower center outside image in brown ink: "N. AMSTERDAM ou N. IORK / in Ameriq—."
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
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  • Age of Exploration and Dutch New York