Gerrit Adriaenszoon Berckheyde: The town hall on the Dam in Amsterdam
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Artist |
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Title |
The Town Hall on the Dam, Amsterdam title QS:P1476,en:"The Town Hall on the Dam, Amsterdam "
label QS:Len,"The Town Hall on the Dam, Amsterdam "
label QS:Lit,"Municipio nella piazza Dam a Amsterdam"
label QS:Lfr,"L’Hôtel de ville sur le Dam à Amsterdam"
label QS:Lde,"Das Rathaus auf dem Dam in Amsterdam"
label QS:Lnl,"Het stadhuis op de Dam in Amsterdam." |
Object type |
painting |
Genre |
landscape painting |
Description |
The town hall of Amsterdam (now Royal Palace of Amsterdam) with to its right the Nieuwe Kerk and the Waag. On the left the house with the signboard "In den Wackeren Hont" (In the Wakeful Dog) used by the publisher Hondius (hond means dog in Dutch), later in use by Valck & Schenk |
Date |
1693 |
Medium |
oil on canvas |
Dimensions |
height: 52 cm (20.4 in) ; width: 63 cm (24.8 in) dimensions QS:P2048,+52U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,+63U174728 |
Collection |
Rijksmuseum
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Native name |
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam |
Location |
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Coordinates |
52° 21′ 36″ N, 4° 53′ 07″ E |
Established |
1800 |
Website |
rijksmuseum.nl |
Authority file |
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institution QS:P195,Q190804 |
Accession number |
SK-C-101 |
Place of creation |
Haarlem (?) |
Object history |
by 1824 date QS:P,+1824-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1824-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Joan Melchior Kemper (1776-1824) and Christina Catharina de Vries (1772-1856), Leiden
1833: purchased by Adriaan van der Hoop (1778-1854), Amsterdam, from Christina Catharina de Vries, Leiden, through Jeronimo de Vries (art dealer), Amsterdam
15 March 1854: bequeathed to the city of Amsterdam, Inventory number SA 7454, by Adriaan van der Hoop, Amsterdam
from 1854 until 1885date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1854-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1885-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Museum Van der Hoop, Amsterdam
30 June 1885: lent to the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Inventory number SK-C-101, by the city of Amsterdam
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Exhibition history |
Stedenspiegel, 28 October 1964–7 December 1964, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, cat. no. 267.
Vermeer, Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch painting. Masterpieces from the Rijksmuseum, 9 May 2009–13 September 2009, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, ISBN 978-1-55365-471-1, p. 102-103.
L'âge d'or hollandais. De Rembrandt à Vermeer/The Dutch Golden age. From Rembrandt to Vermeer, Pinacothèque de Paris, Paris, 7 October 2009–7 February 2010, ISBN 9782358670050, p. 114-115, cat. no. 43.
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Inscriptions |
Signature and date bottom left:
Gerrit Berck heÿde / A° 1693
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References |
Anonymous (1903) Catalogus der Schilderijen miniaturen, pastels, omlijste teekeningen, enz. in het Rijks-Museum te Amsterdam, Amsterdam: Boek- en kunstdrukkerij v/h Roeloffzen-Hübner en Van Santen, p. 47, cat. no. 481, as De Dam te Amsterdam, height: 52 cm (20.4 in); width: 63 cm (24.8 in) dimensions QS:P2048,52U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,63U174728 .
Anonymous (1934) Catalogus der schilderijen pastels–miniaturen–aquarellen tentoongesteld in het Rijksmuseum te Amsterdam, Amsterdam: J.H. de Bussy, p. 46, cat. no. 481, as De Dam te Amsterdam, height: 52 cm (20.4 in); width: 63 cm (24.8 in)dimensions QS:P2048,52U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,63U174728 .
Pieter J. J. van Thiel et al. (1976) All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Maarssen: Gary Schwartz, ISBN 90-6179-010-7, p. 111, with image in black and white.
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue, as The Town Hall on the Dam, Amsterdam, height: 53 cm (20.8 in); width: 63.5 cm (25 in)dimensions QS:P2048,53U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,63.5U174728 .
Amsterdam Museum collectie online, as Het stadhuis op de Dam, height: 52 cm (20.4 in); width: 63 cm (24.8 in)dimensions QS:P2048,52U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,63U174728 .
RKDimages, Art-work number 3426, as Het Stadhuis op de Dam te Amsterdam, height: 52 cm (20.4 in); width: 63 cm (24.8 in)dimensions QS:P2048,52U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,63U174728
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur, object 20016681, as Rathaus am Dam in Amsterdam, height: 52 cm (20.4 in); width: 63 cm (24.8 in)dimensions QS:P2048,52U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,63U174728
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Source/Photographer |
www.rijksmuseum.nl : Home : Info : Pic |