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An Amsterdam Canal House Garden
Also titled Een Amsterdamse stadstuin
Cornelis Troost (Amsterdam, 1696–1750)
c. 1740 - 1745
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 66 cm x width 56 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Gift of the heirs of C. Hoogendijk, The Hague
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
The garden of this Amsterdam canal house radiates tranquillity and prosperity. At centre is a gilded statue of Fortuna, symbol of the family’s good fortune. In the bright sunlight, the master of the house picks grapes with his daughter, while in the foreground in the shade a maidservant cleans vegetables. A tame parrot looks on, hoping for a tasty tidbit.
