Antoon van den Wijngaerde’s Drawings of Cities in the Low Countries: Cleverly constructed City Views for Philip II ; Antoon van den Wijngaerdes tekeningen van steden in de Nederlanden: Inventief geconstrueerde stadsgezichten voor Filips II

Views of twelve cities in the Low Countries by the Flemish artist Antoon van den Wijngaerde (c. 1510-1571) have survived: Amsterdam, Brugge, Brussels, Damme, Dordrecht, Duinkerke, Gravelines, ’s-Hertogenbosch, Leuven, Mechelen, Sluis, and Utrecht. Van den Wijngaerde was known for his mastery of topographically accurate and beautiful depictions of cities. The artist entered the service of Philip II in 1557 and between 1557 and 1561 he produced panoramas of cities in the Low Countries for the Spanish king. Between 1562 and 1571 Van den Wijngaerde travelled the length and breadth of Spain, depict... Mehr ...