Cornelis Christiaan Dommersen (Dutch, 1842-1928)

The Montelbaans Tower, Amsterdam

细节

Cornelis Christiaan Dommersen (Dutch, 1842-1928)
The Montelbaans Tower, Amsterdam
signed and dated 'C Dommersen./1862.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
30 x 50.3/8 in. (76.2 x 127.9 cm.)
Painted in 1862

来源

W. H. Patterson, London.
Anon. sale, Christie's London, 9 June 1967, lot 158 (catalogued as P.C. Dommersen).

拍品专文

The Montelbaans tower is one of the few early 16th Century buildings that remain today. The lower section of the tower, which was located just beyond the city wall was built in 1512. When in 1611 the tower began to list the citizens from Amsterdam attached ropes to the top to pull it right again. The canal in the foreground is the 'Oude Schans'.