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Before house numbers, Amsterdam buildings had distinct gavelstenen (gable stones) often related to the owner's identity. This 1618 building on Nieuwebrugsteeg was hat merchant Jan Reinarts'. The gavelsteen depicts a scene 'In de Ionghe Hoede Kramer' (In the Young Hood Merchant).

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Three-storey brick building with windows on each level. The ground floor sees large black shutters and an arched door, above which are tall windows of multiple small square panes. Similar, increasingly smaller windows sit on the other floors, accompanied by dark red shutters. Arches sit above the first floor windows, and there's a multicoloured flag. The gablestone sits between the ground and first floors. Close-up of the gable stone. 'In de Ionghe Hoede Kramer' (In the Young Hood Merchant) depicts three men at a large counter in hats, shirts, jerkins, with two in front of the counter wearing short trousers, white tights and black. Hats sit on shelves around the wall. One man holds a cone, part of hat making. The floor is chequerboard.
May 17, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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Before house numbers, Dutch city buildings had gable stones, often related to the owner's identity.

At Grote Oost, Hoorn, there are 3. The middle depicts 15thc couple Truydeman & wife Aleyde who gave bread to locals. Stories suggest they lived in a house on the same spot.

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Square house with two floors visible. On the ground floor two large windows, one black door with ornate window above. On the first floor there are two large windows with a narrower version between them. In between the ground and first floor windows are three gable stones. The middle shows three figures; the man and woman are giving a poorer burly bread. The left shows three hammers with a crown. The right shows an upside down anchor. The gable stone depicts three figures. A wealthy woman looks on from the right. A wealth man is in the centre, giving bread to a poorer supplicant boy with a basket and hat removed on the left.
June 14, 2026 at 8:20 AM