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The Nieuwe Haarlemse Sluis at the Singel, known as ‘Souvenir d’Amsterdam’
Also titled De Nieuwe Haarlemse Sluis bij het Singel, bekend als ‘Souvenir d’Amsterdam’
Matthijs Maris (The Hague, 1839–1917)
1871
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 46.5 cm x width 35 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Gift of the heirs of W.J. van Randwijk, The Hague
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
About this work
When Jacob returned to the Netherlands, Matthijs had to support himself in Paris. His financial worries explain why he reused an already painted canvas for this work. Beneath this city view is a landscape with a ferry; probably an oil sketch Jacob had left behind. Parts of this underlying composition are still visible. The bright green brushstrokes in the brown foreground at the right are from the overgrown bank underneath.
