View of the Singel with the Munttoren in Amsterdam by OUWATER, Isaak

OUWATER, Isaak

(b. 1750, Amsterdam, d. 1793, Amsterdam)

	View of the Singel with the Munttoren in Amsterdam 1770s Oil on canvas, 38 x 47 cm Private collection
Ouwater painted a number of views of the Munttoren, or Mint Tower during the 1770s. The Tower, which takes its name from its use as a Mint between 1672-3 during the war with Louis XIV of France, was rebuilt following a fire in 1618, to a design by Hendrick de Keyser.