7.5:1000 (facade), 1:50 (facade) and 1:20 (details)
r.o. A.N. Godefroy /delf.../, [delineavit].
r.o. January 1850

pencil on paper 402 x 544 mm

m.b. The chancellery at Leeuwarden. Gebouwd anno 1571 l.o. After J.J. Graen & J. Betlem/Bouwkundige Bijdragen Deel VII pl. V/Text bl. 89-96 by Ir. Warnsinck

Elevation of the facade, elevation of a gable section, corner posts and a gable end

This drawing of the Kanselarij is one of the first surveying drawings from the nineteenth century, and can be placed in the context of an increasing interest in the national, which stemmed from the search for a distinct architectural style. The Vleeshal in Haarlem was the first to be published in the "Old Existing Buildings" (O.B.G. 1 (1852)) as an example of typical Dutch brick architecture.
For this drawing of the Kanselarij, also an example of typical Dutch brick architecture, Godefroy was specifically asked for the purpose of an illustration in the Bouwkundige Bijdragen. In 1852, the drawing was published with an accompanying text by I. Warnsinck (B.B. 7 (1852) p. 89-96, pl. V). After the Vleeshal in Haarlem, Warnsinck considered the Kanselarij to be one of the finest and best-preserved examples of the use of mixed brick and hardstone from the sixteenth century. For him, the alternation between red brick and white hardstone, combined with the strongly profiled wall pillars, creates a facade full of movement. This movement is tempered by the continuous horizontal moldings, creating a balance. According to Warnsinck, the building has a good and peculiar character, and "it exhibits the composition clearly and unhealed so as to create the aesthetic value that attracts the attention of onlookers.