# The Garden and Coach House of 524 Keizersgracht in Amsterdam

- By: Hendrik Keun (Haarlem, 1738–1787)
- Date: 1772
- Medium: panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 53 cm x width 63.5 cm
- Credit line: Purchased with the support of the Stichting tot Bevordering van de Belangen van het Rijksmuseum
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-3831--08ea93b3847f1b80ec035c7552b017ad)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/1e4bf53d7670f78c2880892a24545f8c.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Nicolaas Doekscheer, the occupant of 524 Keizersgracht, had a lavish Rococo-style coach house built in back of his garden. He and his partner Hendrik Steenbergen, both pictured, financed fifteen plantations in Berbice, Demerary and Essequebo (all three part of presentday Guyana, South America). Their loans enabled plantation owners there to set up their coffee, cotton and sugar businesses. In turn, the interest went to Doekscheer and Steenbergen in Amsterdam.