
This view shows the market place in Haarlem from the north-west from beside the town hall, the Doric portico of which is on the right. On the opposite side of the square is the 15th-century Grote Kerk (church of St Bavo) & the ' Vleeshal' (meat market) to the right. Both these buildings remain largely unchanged today, but the portico of the town hall, which casts a powerful shadow in the foreground, no longer exists.