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View of the Nieuwe Poort at Batavia
Danckerts, Cornelis
View of the Nieuwe Poort (New Gate) at Batavia.
The picture shows a stretch of water spanned by a drawbridge, to the right a road runs alongside.
The engraving has been taken from an illustration in Joan Nieuhof's 'Gedenkwaerdige zee en lantreize', 1682.
Cf. Koninklijke Bibliotheek, inv. nr. 388 A 9 deel II, na p. 194 and Westfries Museum, inv. nr. 15241.10.
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