Jan van der Heyden, View of the Oudezijds Voorburgwal with the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam

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Jan van der Heyden's View of the Oudezijds Voorburgwal with the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam in the Royal Kabinett of Paintings Mauritshuis in the Hague, contains thousands of tiny bricks, executed nearly flawlessly, that is, without smudges or . The following is based on:

• David G. Stork, Sean Meador and Petria Noble, "Painted or printed? Correlation analysis of the brickwork in Jan van der Heyden's View of Oudezijds Voorburgwal with the Oude Kerke in Amsterdam," SPIE Electronic Imaging: Human vision and electronic imaging XIV, Bedrnice Rogowitz and Thrasyvoulos N. Pappas (eds.), vol. 7240, 2009 (pdf)
• Petria Noble, David G. Stork and Sean Meador, "Computer imaging analysis of brick patterns in paintings by Jan van der Heyden (1637–1712)," American Institute of Conservators Annual Meeting, 2009 (poster pdf)

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