# The Drawbridge [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [HEYDEN, Jan van der]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on panel, 36 x 45 cm ## Commentary Jan van der Heyden is best known for his townscapes, featuring cities such as Amsterdam, Delft, Brussels, and Cologne. In contrast to Gerrit berckheyde, he did not limit himself to more or less accurate renderings of reality. He regularly included in a single picture various buildings that are actually located in different parts of a city, or in different cities altogether. A city canal dominates this scene with a wooden drawbridge. The buildings along the quay are reminiscent of Amsterdam canal houses but they cannot be identified. In the foreground, the corner arch supported by columns somewhat resembles that of the Old Amsterdam Town Hall, which burnt down in 1652. That building, however, was nowhere near the water. ## Related artworks - [A Palatial Garden]() - [Amsterdam, Dam Square with the Town Hall and the Nieuwe Kerk]() - [Amsterdam: Street before Haarlem Tower]() - [Approach to the Town of Veere]() - [Dam Square, Amsterdam]() - [Elegant Figures in the Grounds of a Baroque Palace]() - [Still-Life with Globe, Books and Chinese Silk]() - [Still-Life with Rarities]() - [The Huis ten Bosch at The Hague and Its Formal Garden \(View from the East\)]() - [The Huis ten Bosch at The Hague and Its Formal Garden \(View from the South\)]() - [The Martelaarsgracht in Amsterdam]() - [The New Town Hall in Amsterdam]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()