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Stadsplan in reliëf van de stad Breda
1750 - 1800
- Medium
- iron (metal), paper, rope, wood (plant material), varnish, Perspex (TM), gypsum, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- maquette
- Dimensions
- length 53 cm x width 66 cm x depth 12.3 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
Model of the fortress at Breda, late 17th century. The war that engulfed the Republic in 1672 forced its leaders to focus on the country's defences. Stadholder William III ordered the modernisation of the dilapidated fortifications around the Dutch cities. The model shows the city of Breda with the defences built in 1682. The houses in the model are carved in wood. The town walls are made of clay.
