Antique Print of the Weigh-House in Amsterdam by Schenk (c.1708)

Description: Antique print titled 'Libra, in Foro (..) - De Reguliers nieuwe Poort, in het iaar 1655'. Original antique print of the weigh-house in Amsterdam. This print originates from 'Afbeeldinge der voornaamste gebouwen van Amsterdam', published circa 1708. 

Artists and Engravers: Pieter Schenk / Petrus Schenck ( 1660-1718/19) was born in Germany, but settled in Amsterdam where he first became a pupil of Gerard Valck, the engraver. In 1687 he married Valck's sister and thereafter the Schenk and Valck families were active over a long period with a wide range of interests as print sellers, publishers of books, maps, topographical and architectural drawings and globes.