ICK.KICK.NOCH.INT

About this artwork.

High in the wall of the corner building sits a stern-looking and bearded man's head, surrounded by a decorative curly frame. Underneath there is a text that reads: 'ICK.KICK.NOCH.INT'. Head and text originate from different periods and thus bear witness to the street's unique history. 
 
The Oude Kijk in 't Jatstraat used to be called 't Rechte Jatt. Jatt meant street and was derived from the German "Gasse". At the end of this street there was no gate in the city wall (like in the Boteringe- and Ebbingestraat), but there was a building. The story goes that the head was placed here as a facing brick. Archive documents from 1482 already mention this plot, which overlooks the street and is known as "Kijck in 't Jatt”, “a view of the street”. 
 
At the beginning of the seventeenth century, the ramparts were dismantled. Because the street was now extended to the current Nieuwe Kijk in t Jatstraat, the house had to disappear. The head was then bricked into this new corner building. The caption wants to say as much as: “I'm still looking into the street”.

Facts & Figures.

• Design
  maker onbekend

• District
  Centrum

• Year of creation
  1626

• Art type
  Facing brick

• Material
  Sandstone

• Dimensions
  h 0,45 x b 0,35 m