A view of Amsterdam from the 't Spaarne canal in Slooterdijk with travellers on a towpath by the tollgate and a couple on a ferry

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Isaak Ouwater (Amsterdam 1750-1793)
A view of Amsterdam from the 't Spaarne canal in Slooterdijk with travellers on a towpath by the tollgate and a couple on a ferry
signed and dated 'Ik Ouwater 1782' (lower right)
oil on canvas
12½ x 16½ in. (31.7 x 42 cm.)

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The 't Spaarne canal was dug in 1631, prompting the construction of many country and tea houses along the waterside; by the eighteenth century, more than one hundred of these had been built. A similar view of the canal, painted in 1778 and taken from a standpoint a little further forward from that of the present work, was sold, Christie's, Amsterdam, 14 May 2003, lot 203 (164,450 euros).

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