The Art Gallery of Jan Gildemeester Jansz

• The Art Gallery of Jan Gildemeester Jansz
• The Art Gallery of Jan Gildemeester Jansz

SK-A-4100

signature and date: ‘A. de Lelie f. Aº 1794-95’

In 1792, the merchant Gildemeester converted two large rooms in his house on Amsterdam’s Herengracht into a picture gallery. Here we see that the walls are densely hung with paintings in gilded frames. Gildemeester stands in the middle of the front room, conversing with one of his guests. The visitors are studying the famous works, including a Rembrandt, visible above Gildemeester’s head.

Koenraad Jonckheere en Filip Vermeylen, 'A world of deception and deceit? Jacob Campo Weyerman and the eighteenth-century art market', Simiolus 35 (2011) nr. 1/2, p. 111, afb. 4.

painter: Adriaan de Lelie

1794 - 1795

olieverf op paneel

height 63.7 cm x width 85.7 cm

purchase 1964

Public domain

Inv.;...; ? purchased from a private collection, Bordeaux, by Fernand Lacorre, Les Eyzies, Dordogne, 1920s;{Note RMA.} from whom, fl. 46,154.01, to the museum, 1964

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.

• Koenraad Jonckheere en Filip Vermeylen, 'A world of deception and deceit? Jacob Campo Weyerman and the eighteenth-century art market', Simiolus 35 (2011) nr. 1/2, p. 111, afb. 4.
• Inzoomer object op zaal, 2013 (Nederlands/English).
• P. Schnabel, 'Kunst voor wie? Kunst van wie?', in Bulletin van de Vereniging Rembrandt 19 (2009) nr. 1 , p. 5
• R.J. Baarsen, 'French upholsterers in Amsterdam', Furniture History 21 (1985), p. 52-54.

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https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200111845