Huis De Pinto - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Renaissance Architecture on Waymarking.com

"Scholar and grandee Isaac de Pinto escaped the Inquisition in Portugal to become a significant investor in the Dutch East Indies Company in Amsterdam. He bought this Italian Renaissance–style house in 1651. It was grandly renovated by his son, together with architect Elias Bouwman, in the 1680s. In the 1960s it was almost demolished so that the street could be widened, but activist squatters saved the building. The interior is lushly decorated, particularly the painted ceilings by 17th-century master Jacob de Wit, with more recent additions by the entrance: spot the little cherub reading a book, a reference to the building's current manifestation as a public library."

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[Dutch] "Huis De Pinto, ook bekend als Pintohuis, is een voormalig woonhuis uit 1605 aan de Sint Antoniesbreestraat in Amsterdam. Het is ontworpen door Elias Bouman. Het huis is genoemd naar de familie De Pinto, die er sinds het eind van de 17e eeuw woonde, een rijk Portugees-joods geslacht van kooplieden en bankiers. De De Pinto's worden soms ook wel de Rothschilds van het 17e eeuwse Amsterdam genoemd. David en Isaac de Pinto gingen op vriendschappelijke voet om met stadhouder Willem IV en financierden voor hem een oorlog met Frankrijk."

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[English Translation courtesy of Google Translate] "De Pinto House, also known as Pinto House, is a former house in 1605 at the St. Antoniesbreestraat in Amsterdam. It was designed by Elias Bouman. The house is named after the family De Pinto, who lived there since the late 17th century, a wealthy Portuguese-Jewish family of merchants and bankers. The De Pinto's are sometimes called the Rothschilds of the 17th century Amsterdam called. David and Isaac de Pinto were on friendly terms with governor to William IV and funded him a war with France."

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Date of origin:: 1605 Architect(s): Elias Bouman Style: Late Renaissance (ca. 1580–1620) Web site of the object (if exists): [Web Link] Type of building (structure): Town-house Address: St. Antoniesbreestraat 69 Amsterdam, Netherlands 1011 HB

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