View of the Waag on the Nieuwmarkt in Amsterdam, De Waegh, On St. Anthonis marct (title on object), View of the Waag on the Nieuwmarkt (Sint-Antoniesmarkt), also known as the Sint-Antonieswaag, in Amsterdam. This weighing house was located in the former Eerste Sint-Antoniespoort. This fifteenth-century building came to be located within the city after the city expansions at the end of the sixteenth century and thus lost its function as a city gate. In 1617-1618 it was used as a weighing house. Different figures in front of the building., print maker: Jacob van Meurs, (possibly)

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