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JAN VAN DER HEYDEN (GORINCHEM 1637-AMSTERDAM 1712)
The South-West Approach to the Town of Veere with the Groote Kerk
1665-66RCIN 405950
The port of Veere in Zeeland was one of the first towns to be re-captured from the Spanish during the Eighty Years War in 1572. Van der Heyden combines real topography with imagined embellishment in this scene. The activity of everyday folk takes place under the protection of the church in an ordered vision of a prosperous society.
Acquired by George IV in 1811
No. 17
