View of the Houtmarkt, Amsterdam, Hendrik Keun, 1760 - 1787

Identification

Title(s)

View of the Houtmarkt, Amsterdam

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-3228

Inscriptions / marks

signature: ‘Keun’

Description

Gezicht op de Houtmarkt te Amsterdam, met achter bomen links de Hoogduitse synagoge en rechts de Portugese synagoge. In het midden een gracht waarop twee mannen drijvende houten balken voortduwen, verder enkele bootjes en een jacht met een vlag aan de kade. Links spelende kinderen en een rijtuig.

Creation

Artist

painter: Hendrik Keun

Dating

1760 - 1787

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Measurements

height 35.5 cm × width 49 cm
depth 5.5 cm

Subject

What

Where

Jonas Daniël Meijerplein

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

A.A.M. Sträter Bequest, Amsterdam

Acquisition

bequest May-1934

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; bequeathed by August Anton Marie Sträter (1867-1934), Amsterdam, with one other painting, to the museum , 1934

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

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.

Documentation

All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 317

Persistent URL

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