Herengracht, Amsterdam

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Herengracht, Amsterdam

Jan WijnantsLinkedCulture matchlcp-ba70db54f000

Date
c. 1661
Medium
oil on canvas
Culture
Netherlands
Department
European Painting and Sculpture
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
141166

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This painting is the first depiction of Amsterdam in which a canal is given prominence. Flanked by picturesque, tree-lined avenues and exquisite mansions, the Herengracht (Gentleman's Canal) was one of Amsterdam's most important waterways. The precision with which Jan Wijnants portrayed the topography of the city enables the viewer to witness the development of this location. To the left of the canal, Wijnants depicted a lumber yard, on which, in 1662, the architect Philip Vingoboons built four houses for the merchant Jacob Cromhout. Furthermore, soon after Wijanants completed this painting the canal was expanded.

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Credit line
Gift of Harry D. Kendrick
Provenance
1964-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio | Probably 1964: (Frederick Mont, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1963-1964?: (C. Duits, London)1 | 1963: (Sale, Sotheby’s, London, July 3, 1963, no. 17, sold to C. Duits)1 | Until 1963: Violet Sassoon, Heathfield Park, Sussex, consigned to Sotheby’s | 1938: (Sale, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, March 31, 1938, no. 45)1

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