Prima (-Secunda) Pars præcipuarum effigierum ac ornamentorum, amplissimæ Curiæ Amstelrodamensis, maiori ex parte, in candido marmore effectorum, per Artum Quellinum, eiusdem civitatis statuarium. Het Eerste (Tweede) Deel Van de voornaemste Statuen ... La Premier Partie De plusieurs Figures et ornements, de la Maino de Ville d'Amsterdam ...
RA Collection: Book
Record number
03/2231
Variant Title
Prima Pars Præcipuarum effigierum
Imprint
Met consentvan de Heeren Burgemeesters ende Regeerders van Amstelredam: ende met Speciael octroy van de Heeren Staeten. Geteeckent ende geetst door Hubertus Quellinus, ende gedruckt ten huyse van Frederick de Witt, Anno 1665., Gedruckt t'Amsterdam: by Fredrick de Witt kunst en kaart verkooper in de kalverstraet in de witte Paskaert.
Physical Description
2 vols.; 440 mm. (Folio).
General Note
Vol. I: [6] p., engr. t.-pl., port., [48] pl. lettered A-T, engr. register. Some plates are out of sequence and several carry the same letter, as follows: A, B, E, C, F, D, G, H, I, K (3), D, K (2), L (2), M (3), N (5), O (4), P (3), Q (5), R (5), S (4), T (2). - Vol. II: Engr. t-pl., 2 fold. pl., 2 dble pl., [51] pl. lettered A-X, engr. register. Of the lettered plates several carry the same letter, as follows: A, B, C (4), D (3), E (4), F (3), G, H, I, K, L, M, N O (7), P (2), Q (3), R (3), S, T (4), V (2), W (3), X (3).
In Part I the portrait of Artus Quellinius is signed as drawn and engraved by Hubertus Quellinius. Plates A, C and F are signed 'Artus Quellinus e marmore exsculpsit. Hubertus Quellinus æri incidit'; most are signed simply 'A.Q.' and 'H.Q.', many simply 'A.Q.', and a few are unsigned. In Part II the two folding and the two double plates are signed by A. Quellinus and H. Quellinus; no other plate is signed.
The work is dedicated by Hubertus Quellinus to the Regeerende Burgermeesteren der Stadt Amsterdam.
K. Fremantle, The baroque town hall of Amsterdam (1959); P. Thornton, 17th-century interior decoration in England, France and Holland (1978).
Summary Note
The publication date of 1665 is carried by both title plates and by the two folding plates of Part II. The second folding plate of Part II carries the date 1664.
Provenance
Recorded in RAA Library, Catalogue, 1802.
Binding Note
18th-century sprinkled calf, rebacked in 20th century retaining earlier spine label lettered 'Amsterdam Stadt Huys Door Campen.' Bound with Afbeelding van 't Stadt Huys Van Amsterdam ... door Jacob van Campen (1661).
Royal Palace (Amsterdam) - Interior decoration - Sculpture, Dutch - Palaces - Town halls - Municipal buildings - Netherlands - Amsterdam - History - 17th century - Baroque
Pictorial works - Netherlands - 17th century