Boterwaag

Butter weigh house, The Hague

Prinsegracht facade of the Boterwaag

The Boterwaag on the Prinsegracht
Alternative names Boterwaag
General information
Type Weigh house
Architectural style Neoclassical style
Location The Hague
Address Prinsegracht
Coordinates Coordinates: 52°4′31″N 4°18′31″E / 52.07528°N 4.30861°E / 52.07528; 4.30861
Completed 1650/1681
Design and construction
Architect Bartholomeus van Bassen

The Boterwaag is a former weigh house for butter in The Hague, Netherlands. The right half is a café.

History

The left-half of the building was designed by the architect-painter Bartholomeus van Bassen.[1] He designed and built it in 1650, after the Prinsegracht canal was dug in 1640.[1] He oversaw both projects in his role as city architect and headman of the Guild of St. Luke. After he died in 1652, the local painters became dissatisfied with the guild and founded the Confrerie Pictura in 1656, which met upstairs.[2] They shared their meeting room upstairs with the guild of apothecaries, and the city apothecary shop was across the street.[1] In 1681 the right half was built as an extension, and new scales were installed inside that can still be seen by visitors to the café there.

In 2013 a replica of the 17th-century brass bell was replaced on the facade that had been stolen in 1980s.[3]

Dutch Rijksmonument 17891
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References

  1. 1 2 3 Rijksmonument report
  2. Confrerie Pictura in Arnold Houbraken's 3 volume work on artist biographies called The Great Theatre of Dutch Painters
  3. Boterwaag bell back after 30 years on Omroep West website
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