{"product_id":"veduta-di-amsterdam-dal-porto","title":"View of Amsterdam from the Harbour","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe artwork\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn front of the city, halfway up the picture, two long rows of piles run through the water, with little wooden huts at the gaps: they were Amsterdam's walls on the harbour side, and every evening they were closed.\u003c\/strong\u003e You receive it printed on handmade Amalfi paper, in a handmade frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmsterdam in 1739 from the harbour, with ships, windmills and the rows of piles in the water, in black.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn a bright kitchen or above a desk, the sails bring the wall to life.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA gift for anyone who loves Amsterdam or boats.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the land side the city had walls and gates; on the waters of the IJ, along about three kilometres of harbour, a double row of piles kept enemy ships out and marked the customs boundary. In the evening a bell gave warning and the gaps were barred with “bomen”, long floating beams studded with iron spikes. In December 1679 two bargemen, Pieter Heeringa and Barent Wemmers, went to a notary: they had collected sixty lots of prunes from a ship, half of them soaked with seawater, and nobody on board would sign the note of damage. Going back to argue was impossible: the boom was about to close and it was starting to freeze.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the foreground warships fire their guns amid smoke and a decorated rowing barge carries gentlemen in wigs; behind the piles, church towers and windmills. The plate, with the name “Amsterdam” on a ribbon, comes from the \u003cem\u003eProfiles ou vues des principales villes de l'Europe\u003c\/em\u003e, the views that the bookseller Henri du Sauzet published in Amsterdam itself in 1739 to complete his pocket atlas, the \u003cem\u003eAtlas de poche\u003c\/em\u003e. It is a copper engraving in black, and the copy reproduced here is in the David Rumsey Map Collection at Stanford.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHung in a bright kitchen or above the desk, it is a gift for anyone who left their heart in Amsterdam or loves boats. And in front of the city the gaps are still open: the bell has not rung yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUnique quality material\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrint on handmade Amalfi paper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSheet size\u003c\/strong\u003e: 29 x 42 cm (11.4 x 16.5 in)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith frame\u003c\/strong\u003e: 31 x 44 cm (12.2 x 17.3 in)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial\u003c\/strong\u003e: artwork printed on very fine handmade Amalfi paper with deckled edges\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrame\u003c\/strong\u003e: dark brown with gold fillet, handmade, with glass\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Trizio Editore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55571890667861,"sku":"EJG68JH67C4DV","price":190.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0768\/3411\/1829\/files\/veduta-di-amsterdam-dal-porto-principale.jpg?v=1793280045","url":"https:\/\/trizioeditore.it\/en\/products\/view-of-amsterdam-from-the-harbour-print","provider":"Trizio Editore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}