View of Gdsanck ( Danzig ), 17th century Dutch school, dated 1672 and monogrammed

View of Danzig or Gdsansk , oil on oak panel , size 27.5 cm x 23.5 cm , with frame 47 cm x 43 cm , dated 1672 , monogrammed W.v.N.y F , Dutch school .
German in the 17th century, it was a port city and a member of the Hanseatic League. After the last league congress in 1669, it remained united with the three cities of Lübeck, Hamburg and Bremen, making it one of the most important places for the exchange of goods in traffic between Eastern, Northern and Western Europe.
In 1919, the Treaty of Versailles made it a free city, but after the war it was annexed to Poland and became Gdsanck.