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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 830501, member: 2844&quot;]The tower is the Hofpoort in Rotterdam, the way it was before 1614. The Hofpoort once stood in the grounds of a Medieval castle. Later it was incorporated into the city walls on the side of the old harbour.</p><p>Most paintings and prints are of the other side, but you can recognize the characteristic shape and the very tall chimney.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.engelfriet.net/Alie/Hans/hofpoortje1704.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In 1614 the semi-round waterfront tower was demolished. A new, more angular shaped tower was built in 1778, with a lower chimney on the other side:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Bartholomeus_Johannes_van_Hove%2C_Pompenburg_met_Hofpoort_in_de_winter.jpg/800px-Bartholomeus_Johannes_van_Hove%2C_Pompenburg_met_Hofpoort_in_de_winter.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This second tower was demolished in 1833, it stood in the way of a new traffic plan. Modern times....</p><p><br /></p><p>So the original image of your painting either dates from before 1614, or it was a nostalgic image of the old tower.</p><p>Whether it is an original, a painted copy, or a print I couldn&#039;t say from the photos.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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