Europe branch

Paulus Swaen Europe b.v.

To better serve our European customers, we have a representative based in Amsterdam. Amsterdam, with publishers such as Willem and Joan Blaeu, Jodocus and Henricus Hondius, Johannes Janssonius, Frederick de Wit, Nicolas Visscher, Jacob Colom, Lootsman, and a dozen others, dominated European 17th-century map and atlas production.

We are located at Pieter Lastmankade 2, within a two-kilometer radius of the Museumplein Park, home to the Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh Museum, and the site where the print shops of Blaeu and Hondius were once situated.

Contact us at :
Using the contact form
Tel.: +31 6 27839704 / +31 20 2255198
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(By appointment only)

Roland Boelen - is our Amsterdam-based representative, and he has 25 years of experience in the auction and collecting world. Roland has experience in collection building and eventually selling a collection. Roland worked for many years at the famous Six Collection in Amsterdam and is the founder and CEO of Papyrus BV
Feel free to contact Roland Boelen if you wish to sell Dutch prints, Cobra art in our auction, or if you require any assistance with selling your art collection.

Pierre Joppen - is the founder of Paulus Swaen and since the foundation in 1978 Pierre specializes in maps, atlases, and globes from the 16th to 18th century. His knowledge of Dutch early mapmakers, coloring techniques by 18th-century colorists, such as Dirk Jansz. van Santen is world-renowned. Originally trained as a graphic designer, he has a keen eye for the aesthetic aspect of engraving and map-making.
rmail : pjoppen@swaen.com