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The Nieuwe Kerk and the Town Hall on the Dam in Amsterdam
Also titled De Nieuwe Kerk en het stadhuis op de Dam in Amsterdam
Isaac Ouwater (Amsterdam, 1748–1793)
c. 1780 - c. 1790
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 59 cm x width 73 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- 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
This painting was made as the pendant to The Sint- Antoniuswaag in Amsterdam. In both, Ouwater plays with contrasts of light and shade in a similar fashion. The cloudy skies set the tone. The imposing town hall in the foreground is in shadow, while the Nieuwe Kerk somewhat further back is bathed in sunlight.
