Temple of Peace, center of the fireworks lit on December 9, 1721 The Temple of Ianus, closed to the Emperor of Great Russia, and the King of Sweden in the memory of Eternal Peace ), Preparations around the Temple of Peace, the center of the fireworks lit on December 9, 1721 on the Binnen-Amstel at the Kloveniersburgwal in memory of the Peace of Nystad closed between Russia and Sweden on September 10, 1721. Across the water the Swygh Utrecht tower. The fireworks were commissioned by Christoffel van Brants, representative of the Russian crown in Amsterdam. In the caption a verse in two columns

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Temple of Peace, center of the fireworks lit on December 9, 1721 The Temple of Ianus, closed to the Emperor of Great Russia, and the King of Sweden in the memory of Eternal Peace ), Preparations around the Temple of Peace, the center of the fireworks lit on December 9, 1721 on the Binnen-Amstel at the Kloveniersburgwal in memory of the Peace of Nystad closed between Russia and Sweden on September 10, 1721. Across the water the Swygh Utrecht tower. The fireworks were commissioned by Christoffel van Brants, representative of the Russian crown in Amsterdam. In the caption a verse in two columns, bonfire, fire-works (illumination, fire-works, festive activities), Swych Utrecht, Binnen-Amstel, Kloveniersburgwal, Christoffel van Brants, anonymous, 1721, paper, etching, h 320 mm × w 278 mm

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