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The ‘Golden Bend’ in the Herengracht, Amsterdam, Seen from the West
The cityscape developed into an independent genre only after 1650, with Berckheyde as one of its leading
exponents. In this painting he recorded with mathematical precision the newly built houses along the ‘Golden Bend’, the most expensive stretch of Amsterdam’s Herengracht. Through the omission of the row of young trees that lined the quay of the canal in reality, the topographical accuracy of th…
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/25I145
- http://iconclass.org/41A141
- Herengracht (Amsterdam)
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- Purchased with the support of the Ministerie van CRM and the Rijksmuseum-Stichting
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/25I145
- http://iconclass.org/41A141
- Herengracht (Amsterdam)
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- Purchased with the support of the Ministerie van CRM and the Rijksmuseum-Stichting
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 1672
- 1672
Place-Time
- third quarter 17th century
Provenance
- …; collection Jacques Goudstikker (1897-1940), Amsterdam, 1933?-40;{Goudstikker, black book, 1940, p. 12, no. 2198.} …; from the Dutch Government, fl. 2,000, to Dési Goudstikker, née von Halban (1912-96), 1952;{Note RMA.} from whom, fl. 310,000, to the museum, with support from the Rijksmuseum Stichting and the Ministerie van Cultuur, Recreatie en Maatschappelijk Werk, 1980
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.6000
- SK-A-4750
Extent
- height 40.5 cm
- width 63 cm
Format
- panel
- oil paint (paint)
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Year
- 1672
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:17:00.726Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:38:09.691Z