Bartholomeus Johannes van Hove (Dutch, 1790-1880) and Huib van Hove (Dutch, 1814-1864)

A bustling day in front of the City hall on the Dam Square, the Nieuwe Kerk in the distance, Amsterdam

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Bartholomeus Johannes van Hove (Dutch, 1790-1880) and Huib van Hove (Dutch, 1814-1864)
A bustling day in front of the City hall on the Dam Square, the Nieuwe Kerk in the distance, Amsterdam
signed ‘B.J. van Hove’ and signed with monogram ‘HVH’ (lower left)
oil on panel

26 ¾ x 34 1/8 in. (68 x 86.5 cm.)

Provenance

Mr. A.C.R. Dreesmann.
Mr. W.J.R. Dreesmann, Amsterdam.
His sale; Frederik Muller, Amsterdam, 22-25 March 1960, lot 544, as: ‘De Dam’ ( Dfl 13.000 to Brandt).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, New York, 19 October 1984, lot 13.

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Lot Essay

The present lot is a collaboration between Bartholomeus Johannes van Hove and his son Huib van Hove, with the latter responsible for executing the figures in this lively scene of the Dam Square. The painting is likely painted in 1846 (according to a note at the RKD, The Hague).

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