Plate 6. View of the Ramparts of Amsterdam, with the St. Anthony-Gate in
the Distance. After the drawing by Rembrandt, formerly in the Heseltine
Collection.

[Plate 7. Mills on the West Side of Amsterdam, Looking Toward the Town]

Plate 7. Mills on the West Side of Amsterdam, Looking Toward the Town.
After the drawing by Rembrandt, formerly in the Heseltine Collection, now
in a private collection in Kopenhagen.

[Plate 8. View of the Same Side of Town as in Plate 7, but Looking
Outward. ]

Plate 8. View of the Same Side of Town as in Plate 7, but Looking Outward.
The tower on the left is the same as sketched by Rembrandt (_plate 13_).
After an etching by R. Zeeman, about 1650.

A more complete view of this site the reader will find in an etching by
Zeeman (_plate 10_), where the tower is seen with its steeple which
Rembrandt omitted because he considered the comparatively modern top in
disharmony with the older body of the tower, or rather for the simple
reason that his paper did not allow him sufficient space. Another
steepleless tower is drawn by him when he sketches the stronghold
Swyght-Utrecht with adjacent buildings (plates _12_ and _20_). Finally,
there is the drawing of the tower of the Westerkerk, the only sketch after
a more severe architecture, rather a transition from the earlier style of
De Keyser to the later one of Van Campen (_plate 13_).

[Plate 9. The Tower Called "Montelraanstoren" In Amsterdam]

Plate 9. The Tower Called "Montelraanstoren" In Amsterdam After the
drawing by Rembrandt, formerly in the Heseltine Collection, now in the
Rembrandt House, Amsterdam

[Plate 10. The Same Tower as in the Preceding Illustration, with its
Steeple and Surroundings.]

Plate 10. The Same Tower as in the Preceding Illustration, with its
Steeple and Surroundings. After an etching by R. Zeeman, about 1650.

[Plate 11. The Canal called "Singel" in Amsterdam. ]

Plate 11. The Canal called "Singel" in Amsterdam. On the left-hand side
Rembrandt's son, Titus, lived during his short married life. In the
distance, the "Janroopoortstoren". After an etching by R. Zeeman, about
1650.

In trying to reconstruct a picture of Amsterdam in Rembrandt's time, we
must realise the ar