# The Oostpoort \(East Gate\) at Delft

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BISSCHOP, Jan de](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bisschop-jan-de-rb87fc0dc1c2b84>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Graphite, brush and brown ink, 98 x 158 mm

## Commentary

This drawing is one of the many representations of the East Gate at Delft in Dutch art, especially in drawings. It is remarkable that almost all are done from the same vantage point. Despite the exceptional quality of the drawing, it is the work of an amateur draftsman: De Bisschop was one of many gentlemen of the seventeenth century who practiced art as a pastime rather than as a profession.

## Related artworks

- [The Huis ter Nieuburch at Rijswijck, Seen from the South-Southwest](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bisschop-jan-de-rb87fc0dc1c2b84/the-huis-ter-nieuburch-at-rijswijck-seen-from-the-south-southwest-redb059e5ddd1a9>)
- [The Huis ter Nieuburch at Rijswijck, Seen from the Southwest](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bisschop-jan-de-rb87fc0dc1c2b84/the-huis-ter-nieuburch-at-rijswijck-seen-from-the-southwest-r3f91b6ec416138>)
- [The Medici Venus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bisschop-jan-de-rb87fc0dc1c2b84/the-medici-venus-rebf4e4ce7ba5bf>)
- [The Schiedam Gate at Delft](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bisschop-jan-de-rb87fc0dc1c2b84/the-schiedam-gate-at-delft-rfbd6b77949476f>)

## Attribution

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