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Lot Essay
The Haarlemmerpoort, shown in the centre of this sheet, was built between 1615-1618 after a design by Hendrick de Keyser. The gate stood on the road to Haarlem along the Singelgracht and it was one of many new city gates following the expansion of Amsterdam. By the 19th Century the gate had fallen into disrepair and was replaced by a neo-classical gate in 1837 that still stands today.
To the right of the Haarlemmerpoort, De Kraal mill on the Sloterdijk bastion is shown, and beyond that the De Beer mill on the Westerbeer bastion can be seen. Two other views of the Schans by Jan de Beijer, one signed and dated 1755, are in the Gemeentearchief, Amsterdam (B. Bakker et al., De verzameling Van Eeghen. Amsterdamse tekeningen 1600-1950, Zwolle, 1988, nos. 99 and 109, ill.), and a drawing of the same view, by Dirk Verrijk, is in the collection of the Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap.
To the right of the Haarlemmerpoort, De Kraal mill on the Sloterdijk bastion is shown, and beyond that the De Beer mill on the Westerbeer bastion can be seen. Two other views of the Schans by Jan de Beijer, one signed and dated 1755, are in the Gemeentearchief, Amsterdam (B. Bakker et al., De verzameling Van Eeghen. Amsterdamse tekeningen 1600-1950, Zwolle, 1988, nos. 99 and 109, ill.), and a drawing of the same view, by Dirk Verrijk, is in the collection of the Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap.