Rembrandt, his life, his work and his time . THE MONTALBAN TOWER. (Pen drawing, Heseltine Collection.) THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS 81 to the introduction of a scheme of decoration more in accordancewith prevailing taste. The Montalban Tower was thus modifiedin 1606, and the Haarlem Gate in 1615. In the one, the Mintwas established in 1619 ; the other was used for the packing ofherrings. The St. Anthonys Gate became the Standard Weightsbureau, and its three flanking towers were assigned to the Guildsof painters, tailors, and surgeons respectively, for their periodicalmeetings. Such adaptations served
Rembrandt, his life, his work and his time . THE MONTALBAN TOWER. (Pen drawing, Heseltine Collection.) THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS 81 to the introduction of a scheme of decoration more in accordancewith prevailing taste. The Montalban Tower was thus modifiedin 1606, and the Haarlem Gate in 1615. In the one, the Mintwas established in 1619 ; the other was used for the packing ofherrings. The St. Anthonys Gate became the Standard Weightsbureau, and its three flanking towers were assigned to the Guildsof painters, tailors, and surgeons respectively, for their periodicalmeetings. Such adaptations served a double end. They preservedancient relics, and saved the expense of new buildings. The same ?i-;Ws--rW*tt_ ZlTYDER KZRCK :.- --iiirv-- ????? ? ?- ? ? - ? .. :• - ! ? j _-. M té*- .-?*-. „ . .., ijoi ~_ ^* -£».^,--».-i ••?«?- ft. VIEW OF THE ZUYDERKERK. (Facsimile Oi a contemporary print.) practical sentiment governed the transformation of disused Catholicchurches and cloisters into temples of the reformed faith. Buildingsspecially designed for the new worship also rose in variousquarters. They were generally plain rectangular halls of uniformconstruction, crowned by a belfry. Such were the Zuyderkerk, onthe south-east, built between 1607 and 1614; the Noordenkerk, itsinterior in the form of a Greek cross, with a pulpit in the centre, begunin 1620, and finished three years later ; and the Westerkerk, athree-aisled basilica with a transept, the building of which occupiedeighteen years—from 1620 to 1638. vol. 1. l 82 REMBRANDT In addition to these public buildings, a large number ot privatedwellings in every style of architecture had risen to modify theoriginal aspect of the city. If treasure flowed abundantly intoAmsterdam coffers, it was spent no less lavishly. The merchantprinces, after amassing their great
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