The Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal with the Flower and Tree Market in Amsterdam

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The Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal with the Flower and Tree Market in Amsterdam

circa 1675
Paintings
Oil on wood panel
Panel: 14 1/2 × 18 3/4 in. (36.83 × 47.63 cm) Framed: 23 3/4 × 27 × 3 1/2 in. (60.33 × 68.58 × 8.89 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward William Carter (M.2009.106.1)
Not currently on public view

Provenance

H. Becker,(1) Dortmund. Mrs. E. F. Dunn (sale, London, Sotheby’s, 6 Apr. 1949, lot 72). [Minken, London]. [P.

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H. Becker,(1) Dortmund. Mrs. E. F. Dunn (sale, London, Sotheby’s, 6 Apr. 1949, lot 72). [Minken, London]. [P. de Boer, Amsterdam, by 1952 until at least 1959].(2) J. van Duyvendijk, Scheveningen. [Thos. Agnew and Sons, London]. [Newhouse Galleries, New York, sold 1973 to]; Edward William Carter, Los Angeles, resold 1974 to; [Newhouse Galleries, New York]. [Robert Noortman, London, sold 1976 to]; Mr. and Mrs. Edward William Carter, given 2009 to; LACMA.

Footnotes

(1) Hans Becker was the son of Johan Heinrich Becker, Amsterdam (b. 1878), director of Tabakkantoor Stokhuizen en Brom, Amsterdam.

(2) Labels formerly on the back of the panel indicate that the painting was included in De Boer’s winter exhibition of 1957–58 and summer exhibition of 1959.

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Bibliography

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  • Walsh, Jr., John., and Cynthis P. Schneider. A Mirror of Nature:  Dutch Paintings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Edward William Carter (Second Edition).  Los Angeles:  Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1992.

    View this publication in LACMA's Reading Room

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