Willem Koekkoek artwork • painting • for sale View of the Oude Kerk at the Oudekerksplein, Amsterdam
Willem Koekkoek
Amsterdam 1839-1895 Nieuwer-Amstel (nu Amstelveen)
1839-1895
View of the Oude Kerk at the Oudekerksplein, Amsterdam
oil on panel 35.4 x 29.0 cm, painted ca. 1860-1862
This painting is for sale.
Price: € 10,000
Provenance: veiling Fred. A. van Braam, Amsterdam, 16 maart 1943, lotnr. 34 (coll. L.J. Batenburg, Den Haag, 1968); veiling Van Heyst e.a., Den Haag (de Waart en Zn.), juni 1968, lotnr. 36; coll. mevrouw A.A. Mélotte-Beijersbergen; veiling Van Marle & Bignell, Den Haag, 17 dec. 1968, lotnr. 51; Galerie des Arts, Den Haag, 1969; part. coll. Nederland; veiling Sotheby Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 4-5 maart 1974; part. coll. Nederland.
Literature: Pieter Overduin, 'Adrianus Eversen (1818-1897). Schilder van stads- en dorpsgezichten', Giessenburg 2010, pag. 41, afb. 42, pag. 227, cat.nr. 35-7 (met afb., foutief toegeschreven aan Eversen).
The son of the marine painter Hermanus Koekkoek Sr. was the only one of the extensive family of painters to specialize in the Dutch cityscape, with Cornelis Springer as his great example. He lived in Amsterdam but made many sketching trips through the Netherlands. In 1888 he must have made a trip to London. Willem Koekkoek's cityscapes are a combination of historical reconstruction and fantasy. His paintings were especially popular abroad because they corresponded to the idyllic image that people had of the old Dutch towns.
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