The ‘Golden Bend’ in the Herengracht, Amsterdam, Seen from the West, Gerrit Berckheyde, 1672

Identification

Title(s)

The ‘Golden Bend’ in the Herengracht, Amsterdam, Seen from the West
Gezicht op de Gouden Bocht in de Herengracht vanuit het westen

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-4750

Inscriptions / marks

signature and date: ‘G Berck Hyde 1672’

Description

De bocht van de Herengracht bij de Nieuwe Spiegelstraat te Amsterdam, gezien vanaf de Leidsestraat.

Creation

Artist

painter: Gerrit Berckheyde

Dating

1672

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Measurements

height 40.5 cm × width 63 cm
height 59.7 cm × width 81 cm × depth 7 cm

Subject

What

Where

Herengracht

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Purchased with the support of the Ministerie van CRM and the Rijksmuseum-Stichting

Acquisition

purchase 1980

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; collection Jacques Goudstikker (1897-1940), Amsterdam, 1933?-40;{Goudstikker, black book, 1940, p. 12, no. 2198.} …; from the Dutch State, 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

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

The Golden Age reloaded, afb. p. 55
Door het oog van Cornelis Springer (1817-1891), Arnold Ligthart, p. 26, afb. 29
Vermeer, Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch art, Ruud Priem, p. 104-105
Hollandse stadsgezichten uit de Gouden Eeuw, Ariane van 1962- Suchtelen, p. 86, afb. 10.1
Nederlandse kunst in het Rijksmuseum 1600-1700
All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Pieter J.J. van Thiel, p. 42
Gerrit Berckheyde en de Gouden Bocht in de Herengracht, Wouter Theodoor 1945- Kloek
Amsterdam, stad aan het water, Judikje Kiers
Gerrit Adriaensz Berckheyde, De bocht van de Herengracht bij de Nieuwe Spiegelstraat te Amsterdam, 1672
Keuze uit de aanwinsten, p. 101, afb. 1
Wouter Kloek en Norbert Middelkoop, 'Gerrit Berckheyde en de Gouden Bocht in de Herengracht', Amstelodamum 99 (2012) nr 1, p. 17-33.
Ch. Wiethoff, in: Ned. Kunsthist. Jaarboek 32 (1981), p. 255, 256.
I.H. van Eeghen, in: Jaarboek Amstelodamum 54 (1962), p. 170-192.
Cat. coll. Goudstikker, nr. 37, 1929-nov/dec, nr. 1.
Cat. veil. ancienne coll. du Château de Biljoen/coll. Peltzer, Amsterdam (Mensing), 1918-05-28, nr. 121.

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