DECKER, Coenraet
(b. 1651, Amsterdam, d. 1685, Amsterdam)

Gemeenlandshuis on the Oude Delft in Delft

1667-80
Engraving, 180 x 271 mm
Private collection

The engraving was published in Beschryvinge der stadt Delft by Dirck van Bleyswijk in Delft in 1667-80. It shows the Gemeenlandshuis (Communal Land House) in Delft. This impressive early-sixteenth-century townhouse was originally the home of Jan de Huyter, the collector of taxes on hops.




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