Historical sources

This first view shows a selection of historical sources used for the reconstruction of this building. The following steps of the tour focus on each source independently.

Disclaimer: not all visual historical sources with a depiction of this building are included.

The images are all originating from the Amsterdam City Archives Image Database.

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Diaconieweeshuis

Diaconie weeshuis

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Illustrations used

The numbers correspond to the annotations in the 3D viewer.

1. 1733 after original 1656, document in honour of the opening of the new orphanage
   
2. ca. 1650 - 1700, by anonymous
   
3. ca. 1670, by Romeyn de Hooghe
   
4. ca. 1690, by Johannes van Call
   
5. 1785, by H.P. Schouten
   
6. 1818, by Gerrit Lamberts
   
7. 1832, Cadastral mapping
   
8. 1844, by Johannes Jacobus Antonius Hilverdink
   
9. ca. 1857, by Peter Oosterhuis
   
10. ca. 1885, by G.J.B. Haentjens
    
11. 1867-1888, by Pieter Oosterhuis