The ‘Golden Bend’ in the Herengracht, Amsterdam, Seen from the West

• The ‘Golden Bend’ in the Herengracht, Amsterdam, Seen from the West
• The Bend in the Herengracht near the Nieuwe Spiegelstraat, Amsterdam

The Bend in the Herengracht near the Nieuwe Spiegelstraat, Amsterdam

SK-A-4750

signature and date: ‘G Berck Hyde 1672’

The cityscape developed into an independent genre only after 1650, with Berckheyde as one of its leading exponents. In this painting he recorded with mathematical precision the newly built houses along the ‘Golden Bend’, the most expensive stretch of Amsterdam’s Herengracht. Through the omission of the row of young trees that lined the quay of the canal in reality, the topographical accuracy of the scene is complemented by a bit of artistic license.

Ch. Wiethoff, in: Ned. Kunsthist. Jaarboek 32 (1981), p. 255, 256.

painter: Gerrit Berckheyde

1672

olieverf op paneel

• height 40.5 cm x width 63 cm
• height 59.7 cm x width 81 cm x depth 7 cm

Purchased with the support of the Ministerie van CRM and the Rijksmuseum-Stichting

purchase 1980

Public domain

…; collection Jacques Goudstikker (1897-1940), Amsterdam, 1933?-40;{Goudstikker, black book, 1940, p. 12, no. 2198.} …; from the Dutch State, fl. 2,000, to Dési Goudstikker, née von Halban (1912-96), 1952;{Note RMA.} from whom, fl. 310,000, to the museum, with support from the Rijksmuseum Stichting and the Ministerie van Cultuur, Recreatie en Maatschappelijk Werk, 1980

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

• Ch. Wiethoff, in: Ned. Kunsthist. Jaarboek 32 (1981), p. 255, 256.
• Cat. veil. ancienne coll. du Château de Biljoen/coll. Peltzer, Amsterdam (Mensing), 1918-05-28, nr. 121.
• Cat. coll. Goudstikker, nr. 37, 1929-nov/dec, nr. 1.
• Wouter Kloek en Norbert Middelkoop, 'Gerrit Berckheyde en de Gouden Bocht in de Herengracht', Amstelodamum 99 (2012) nr 1, p. 17-33.
• I.H. van Eeghen, in: Jaarboek Amstelodamum 54 (1962), p. 170-192.

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