HEYDEN, Jan van der (b. 1637, Gorinchem, d. 1712, Amsterdam) View of the Westerkerk, Amsterdam c. 1660 Oil on oak, 91 x 114 cm National Gallery, London A prolific Dutch specialist of the newly developed theme of townscape, van der Heyden was in his day better known as an inventor: he organised municipal street lighting in Amsterdam and patented the first fire engine equipped with pumpdriven hoses. With seemingly endless patience and a talent for technical drawing, he painted architectural vistas, real and imaginary, in the greatest and most minute detail. In this picture, for example, one ca
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HEYDEN, Jan van der (b. 1637, Gorinchem, d. 1712, Amsterdam) View of the Westerkerk, Amsterdam c. 1660 Oil on oak, 91 x 114 cm National Gallery, London A prolific Dutch specialist of the newly developed theme of townscape, van der Heyden was in his day better known as an inventor: he organised municipal street lighting in Amsterdam and patented the first fire engine equipped with pumpdriven hoses. With seemingly endless patience and a talent for technical drawing, he painted architectural vistas, real and imaginary, in the greatest and most minute detail. In this picture, for example, one ca