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View of Haarlem Devastated by Siege and Fire [in 1578]
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Pieter Jansz. Saenredam
(Dutch, 1597 - 1665)
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Willem Outgertsz Akersloot
(Dutch, circa 1600 - circa 1655)
Date1628
Mediumetching and engraving on laid paper drum mounted on wove paper
ClassificationsFine Art
Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds from the Louis S. Booth Arts Fund
Object numberH2015.05.01
Curator NotesSeventeenth-Century Dutch Landscapes: Museum Studies Seminar Exhibition
March 31 to May 15, 2015
The map drawn by Willem Akersloot would have been used as a tool to show all of the Dutch colonies how relentless the Spanish were in the Siege of Haarlem. As a result of religious intolerance the Spanish attacked the village of Haarlem in 1572. After almost a year the Spanish had killed everyone in the village. The hard fought battle at Haarlem was inspirational to the rest of the Dutch colonies and was an important story to the Dutch during the Eighty Years’ War.
— Ellie Iverson
March 31 to May 15, 2015
The map drawn by Willem Akersloot would have been used as a tool to show all of the Dutch colonies how relentless the Spanish were in the Siege of Haarlem. As a result of religious intolerance the Spanish attacked the village of Haarlem in 1572. After almost a year the Spanish had killed everyone in the village. The hard fought battle at Haarlem was inspirational to the rest of the Dutch colonies and was an important story to the Dutch during the Eighty Years’ War.
— Ellie Iverson
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