This northwestern city gate, built in 1632 to the design of Jan Jacobszoon van Banchem, connected the Steenstraat via a drawbridge across the singel with the road to the villages Oegstgeest, Rijnsburg, Katwijk and the city Haarlem. It was therefore also called the Haarlemmerpoort. In 1867 the gate was demolished to make the city more accessible to traffic. Five of the seven other city gates suffered the same fate.
[text: Albert Elen, 2020]
The Rijnsburgerpoort, One of the Eight City Gates of Leiden (Zuid-Holland Province)
Specifications
| Title | The Rijnsburgerpoort, One of the Eight City Gates of Leiden (Zuid-Holland Province) |
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| Material and technique | Pencil, pen and black ink, gray wash |
| Object type |
Drawing
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Width 300 mm Height 203 mm |
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| Artists |
Draughtsman:
Gerrit Groenewegen
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| Accession number | MB 1269 (PK) |
| Credits | Gift Dr C. Hofstede de Groot, 1912 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1912 |
| Creation date | in circa 1775-1790 |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe |
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