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View of the Golden Bend in the Herengracht
Also titled Gezicht op de Gouden Bocht in de Herengracht
Gerrit Berckheyde (Haarlem, 1638–1698)
1671 - 1672
- Medium
- oil paint (paint), oak (wood)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 42.5 cm x width 57.9 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Purchased upon the recommendation of the Vereniging Rembrandt - with the support of the Stichting Nationaal Fonds Kunstbezit, thanks to a gift of the Royal Dutch Shell, and the BankGiro Lottery
- 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
Amsterdam’s huge population growth required it to expand in the 17th century: the city’s rings of canals were dug in phases. This is Herengracht under construction, with some plots still undeveloped. This particular section of the canal became the preserve of the very rich. They and their heirs were often mayors of the city and sat on the boards of the VOC, the WIC and the Suriname Society.
