.jpg?w=1)
Lot Essay
The cluster of buildings shown in the first glass once composed the monastery of the 'Reguliere Kanunniken St. Maria Visitatie' which was situated to the north of Haarlem, just outside the town wall. A view of the complex, but from a different angle, is shown in an old drawing published by Ekama (1872). The engraving on this glass is apparently based on a print by Henricus Spilman, published by Bernardus Cleynhens of Haarlem about 1752. Founded in circa 1405, it was in 1407 one of a number of monasteries to become affiliated with the Congregation of Windesheim (south of Zwolle, province of Overijssel). It continued to function until 1578 when the buildings were demolished probably by marauding troops.
During the first half of the 18th century a country-house complete with a gazebo in its well laid-out grounds was built on the site of the former monastery and appropriately named 't Klooster. The house is shown in the distance on a print of a view of Haarlem by J. de Beyer, dated 1746 (published in 1750 in Tegenwoordige Staat der Verenigde Nederlanden 8) and the gazebo separately by Cornelis van Noorde in 1761 (Aangenaame Gezichten etc., Haarlem, fig. 39).
During the first half of the 18th century a country-house complete with a gazebo in its well laid-out grounds was built on the site of the former monastery and appropriately named 't Klooster. The house is shown in the distance on a print of a view of Haarlem by J. de Beyer, dated 1746 (published in 1750 in Tegenwoordige Staat der Verenigde Nederlanden 8) and the gazebo separately by Cornelis van Noorde in 1761 (Aangenaame Gezichten etc., Haarlem, fig. 39).