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Topographic Groningen
Topographic maps and prints from the province of Groningen.
The collection topographic maps and prints includes over 600 special historical topographic maps and prints from the province of Groningen.
Jan Menze van Diepen was fascinated by the history of his own environment. This led him to the path of the topographic images. He acquired many cityscapes of Groningen, painted, drawn, or in a graphic technique .
Some examples;
Collections
In a period of over 50 years , Jan Menze van Diepen brought together a very extensive and varied collection.
The entire collection of nearly 10.000 objects can be divided into five main sub-collections:
1. Asian ceramics and glass ( approximately 2800 objects).
2. Oranje-Nassau prints (approximately 2600 objects).
3. Oranje-Nassau ceramics (approximately 1000 objects).
4. Visual arts (mainly Groninger artists (about 700 objects).
5. Topographic maps and prints of the province of Groningen (about 600 objects).
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