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One cannot but be struck by certain aspects of the similarity in the overall
design of the drawing for the original north-facing classical entrance porch at
Houghton House and the principal façade of 'Huis Bartolotti' in Herengracht,
Amsterdam (1617) (designed by De Keyser) (Fig. 38). De Keyser single-handedly
created what is known today in Holland, as the 'Amsterdam Renaissance style'.
Kuyper (1980, 29) emphasises his influence on Nicholas Stone by saying '…
his manner is stylistically so close to his master's….'
Figure 38
Huis Bartolotti,
Herengracht,
Amsterdam,
Netherlands, by
Hendrick de Keyser,
1617. (Courtesy of
Joop Hofmiejer)
Nicholas Stone the Elder (1586-1647) was born at Woodbury Exeter.
He served his apprenticeship with an unknown mason in London before being
transferred, or 'turned over' for at least two years of his apprenticeship, and
a further year as a journeyman, with a Flemish monumental mason and refugee
