Interior of the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam

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Interior of the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam

circa 1659
Paintings
Oil on wood panel
Panel: 18 1/8 × 22 1/8 in. (46.04 × 56.2 cm) Framed: 29 × 32 × 2 1/2 in. (73.66 × 81.28 × 6.35 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward William Carter (M.2009.106.18)
Not currently on public view

Provenance

Probably Wierman, Amsterdam (sale, Amsterdam, Van der Land, 18 Aug.

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Probably Wierman, Amsterdam (sale, Amsterdam, Van der Land, 18 Aug. 1762, lot 106, "Een Gezigt van een gedeelte der Oude Kerk te Amsteldam, van binnen langs de Westzyde en het Orgel heen te zien naar den Predikstoel, voorzien met een ryke stoffagie van allerhande Beeldjes; alles zeer natuurlyk met een Zonnelicht, dat ’er kwik en aardig in speeld, geschildert, door Emanuël de Wit; hoog 17 1/2, breet1 2 1/2 duimen. [sold for] 63– 0 [florins]").(1) Nicholaas Nieuhoff, Amsterdam (sale, Amsterdam, Philippe van der Schley, Hendrick de Winter, and Jan Yver, 14–17 Apr. 1777, lot 242, "Hoog 18, en breed 22 duim. Pnl. Een gezigt van een gedeelte der oude kerk, van Amsterdam, van binnen ter regter zyde, ziet men den predikant op den stoel, de welke van een menigte volk, der beide sexen, word aangehoord, ter linke zyde een capel, en verder ’t groote orgel, boven den ingang, dit stuk is zeer uitvoerig en verstandig, door zyn aangename valligten en groote glaazen gedaagd," sold for 95 florins to); Wagenaer, Amsterdam.(2) Anonymous (sale, London, Christie’s, 31 May 1902, lot 102).(3) [art trade, Paris, 1942].(4) Francois Boucher (1885–1966),(5) Paris, sold to; M. Salavin,(6) Paris, sold to; [Frederick Mont, Inc., New York, owned with]; [Newhouse Galleries, New York, sold 1968 to]; Mr. and Mrs. Edward William Carter, Los Angeles, given 2009 to; LACMA.

Footnotes

(1) Hoet and Terwesten 1770 (1976), vol. 3, no. 106, p. 270. The description agrees with the painting.The length noted in the transcription by Hoet and Terwesten does not, however, match that of the Carter painting but may indicate either a misreading or a typo. The numeral 1 directly follows the word Breet and is separated from the 2.

(2) This is not Jan Wagenaar, the historian of the city of Amsterdam who died in 1773.

(3) The sale was called H. Bedingfeld and others. This lot is listed under "Other Properties."

(4) Trautscholdt 1947, p. 125.

(5) According to the dealer Frederick Mont (letter to Mr. Carter, De Witte object file, Department of European Painting and Sculpture, LACMA), Salavin bought the painting from "Monsieur Francois Boucher (deceased) who was formerly the Conservateur du Musee Carnavalet in Paris." In 1944 Boucher mounted an exhibition at the museum to celebrate and document for future historians the liberation of Paris.

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Bibliography

  • 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.

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