Allegorie on the fire in the Amsterdam Schouwburg, 1772, Cornelis Bogerts, after J. Wz. Crajenschot, 1772 print Title print for the series of four prints about the fire in the Amsterdamse Schouwburg on the Keizersgracht on 11 May 1772. Father Time pulls the curtain of the ruinous stage aside to reveal the burning theater. In the midst of the ruins, the sad personification of the Amsterdam Schouwburg with the coat of arms and a burnt beehorf, from which the bees have escaped, is in her hands. Under the stage a cartouche with the title and the well -known verse van Vondel ('De Waereld is a playf
Allegorie on the fire in the Amsterdam Schouwburg, 1772, Cornelis Bogerts, after J. Wz. Crajenschot, 1772 print Title print for the series of four prints about the fire in the Amsterdamse Schouwburg on the Keizersgracht on 11 May 1772. Father Time pulls the curtain of the ruinous stage aside to reveal the burning theater. In the midst of the ruins, the sad personification of the Amsterdam Schouwburg with the coat of arms and a burnt beehorf, from which the bees have escaped, is in her hands. Under the stage a cartouche with the title and the well -known verse van Vondel ('De Waereld is a playful: each plays his role and krygt are part'). Left and right thereof a six -line verse in Dutch (left) and French (right). paper etching / engraving theatre, theatrical performance. on fire, ablaze. theatre (building). Father Time, man with wings and scythe Schouwburg Keizersgracht (1637-1772)
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