The Shop of the Bookdealer Pieter Meijer Warnars on the Vijgendam in Amsterdam — History & Facts
Amsterdam’s cultural elite met up in this book and print shop. Warnars, the owner, was a bookdealer, publisher and printer. These activities are reflected in the full bookcases, the hanging banner, new reams of paper and the printing press on the floor.
The painter of this scene, Johannes Jelgerhuis, was also a noted actor. The pronounced perspective of the shop interior makes it look like a stage set with a city view as a backdrop.
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The Rapenburg, Leiden, three Days after the Explosion of a Powder Ship on 12 January 1807
Johannes Jelgerhuis
The Amsterdam Outer Canal near the Leidsepoort Seen from the Theatre
Johannes Jelgerhuis
Johannes Jelgerhuis in de rol van Rhamnes
Johannes Jelgerhuis
Gezicht op de Biltstraat buiten Utrecht
Johannes Jelgerhuis
The small Fish Market on the Corner of the Brouwersgracht and Singel, Amsterdam
Johannes Jelgerhuis
Vrouw en een kind lopen op straat in een vissersdorp
Johannes Jelgerhuis
A Street in Amersfoort
Johannes Jelgerhuis
Portret van Joachim Maurits von Kropff
Johannes Jelgerhuis
Huizen te Amersfoort
Johannes Jelgerhuis
