Coenraet Decker, after Steven van Lamsweerde, after Willem van Swanenburgh, 1701 - 1703
The Vredenburg (also known as Vredeborch) was a 16th-century castle in the city of Utrecht. Remnants of the castle are still visible on the site where the present Vredenburg Music Centre is situated. The current Vredenburg square takes its name from the former castle.
The people of Utrecht feared that Vredenburg would be occupied again and wanted the castle demolished, but this was against the wishes of the States of Utrecht. On 2 May, the people decided to demolish the castle themselves. Tradition has it that a large group of women, led by Trijn van Leemput, marched to the castle and that Trijn gave the signal to demolish the castle by prying loose the first stones. On the Zandbrug in the centre of Utrecht stands a statue of Trijn, with pickaxe in hand, since 1995.
Coenraet Decker was a printmaker, draughtsman, cartographer born in 1650 in Amsterdam, Holland, Netherlands and died there on 1685-03-02.
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