De Ystroom : begreepen in vier boeken
This Dutch 1671 poem in four books by Johannes Antonides van der Goes, published in Amsterdam by Pieter Arentsz, is illustrated with etchings by Romeyn de Hooghe on the theme of the River Amstel. The plates are dense, crowded allegorical scenes of sea gods, river nymphs, putti and figures in classical dress, cut with fine swelling and tapering burin lines and heavy shadow masses, showing how a designer can build a busy mythological composition around a single central figure with a sweep of light across the crowd.
