A view of the Arsenal, Amsterdam

Details

Hendrik Jan Wolter (Amsterdam 1873-1952 Amersfoort)
A view of the Arsenal, Amsterdam
signed 'H.J. Wolter' (lower left)
oil on canvas
66 x 91 cm.
Painted circa 1915-16.

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 17 December 1996, lot 156.
Meentwijck collection, Bussum.

Exhibited

Laren, Singer Laren, Leven in een verzameling: toegepaste kunst 1890-1940 uit de collectie Meentwijck, 14 March - 12 June 2000.

Special notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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Lot Essay

Wolter has depicted 's Lands Zeemagazijn, located near the Kattenburgerplein in Amsterdam on a sunny day. Designed by Daniel Stalpaert and built in 1655/66, as the warehouse of the Admiralty of Amsterdam, it is an example of Dutch classical architecture, when Amsterdam was the world's largest port and Amsterdam was namend "the Storehouse of the World". Since 1973 the building houses the National Maritime Museum (Scheepvaartmuseum), which used to be located in the Cornelis Schuytstraat 57, currently the building and salerooms of Christie's Amsterdam.

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