"Novum Amsterodamum" (New Amsterdam, New Netherlands)

Attributed to Laurens Block1650

This is the earliest original view of New York owned by New-York Historical Society.

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Title: "Novum Amsterodamum" (New Amsterdam, New Netherlands)
Creator: Attributed to Laurens Block
Date Created: 1650
Physical Dimensions: 5 13/16 x 19 1/16 in. (14.8 x 48.4 cm)
Type: Drawing
Medium: Watercolor and brown and black ink over black chalk on ivory paper, laid on four other layered sheets
Art Form: Drawing
Object Number: 1881.2
Credit Line: New-York Historical Society, Gift of C. E. Detmold

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