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Isaak van Nickelen (Haarlem 1632/3-1703) and Richard Brakenburgh (Haarlem 1650-1702)

The Dam, with the Town Hall and the 'Waag', Amsterdam

Details

Isaak van Nickelen (Haarlem 1632/3-1703) and Richard Brakenburgh (Haarlem 1650-1702)
The Dam, with the Town Hall and the 'Waag', Amsterdam
signed 'Isaak van Nickele .. Ba..e.-burg' (lower right)
oil on canvas
65.3 x 79.5 cm.
with a collector's wax seal on the reverse

Provenance

S.P. Morosini; American Art Association, New York, 10-15 September 1932, lot 1182.
Private collection, Paris, 1937.
with B. Houthakker, Amsterdam, before 1940 (probably already in 1937) until 1953.
(Probably) Anonymous sale; Van Marle & Bignell, The Hague, 14 June 1960, lot 10.
Anonymous sale; Paul Brandt, Amsterdam, 19 April 1966, lot 43, where purchased by the present owner.

Special notice

Christie's charge a premium to the buyer on the final bid price of each lot sold at the following rates: 23.8% of the final bid price of each lot sold up to and including €150,000 and 14.28% of any amount in excess of €150,000. Buyers' premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.

Lot Essay

A similar composition by van Nickelen with the staffage by Dirck Maas was sold at Christie's, London, 13 March 1987, lot 92.

The Waag, or weigh-house, is the only building in the present composition that has not survived to this day. Constructed between 1560 and 1565, it was built of blue freestone. Seven scales hanging inside the outer doors were in use with a smaller one inside the building for fine and expensive merchandise. It was demolished in 1808 on the instructions of King Louis, who wished to clear the view from the Town Hall.

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