Psychiatric hospital (Het dol huys), Amsterdam, Netherlands. Etching, 17th century.

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Psychiatric hospital (Het dol huys), Amsterdam, Netherlands. Etching, 17th century. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The courtyard is split into two: a field in which someone is tilling and an ornamental garden. Cloisters surround it. At the front of the building, a canal carries barges with boats bearing goods

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1 print : etching ; image 18.8 x 29.5 cm

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Maison des afligés d'esprist. Het dol huys

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Wellcome Collection 24278i

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