George Hendrik Breitner: Rokin with the Nieuwezijdskapel, Amsterdam
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| Artist |
George Hendrik Breitner
(1857–1923)     |
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| Alternative names |
Georg Hendrik Breitner; G. H. Breitner; Georges H. Breitner; George Breitner; Breitner; Hendrik Breitner |
| Description |
Dutch painter, photographer, drawer, etcher, aquarellist and panorama painter |
| Date of birth/death |
12 September 1857  |
5 June 1923 |
| Location of birth/death |
Rotterdam |
Amsterdam |
| Work period |
1873–1923 |
| Work location |
Rotterdam (1873–1875), The Hague (1876–1880), Rotterdam (1879), Scheveningen (1880–1881), Boxtel (1881), Rotterdam (1882), Drenthe (1883), Paris (1884), Loosduinen district (1885), Drenthe (1885), Amsterdam (1886–1903), Arnhem (1889), Berlin (1900), Aerdenhout (1903–1906), Amsterdam (1906–1923), Antwerp (1907), City of Brussels (1907), Ghent (1907), Mechelen (1907), Pittsburgh (April 1909-June 1909), New York City, Philadelphia, Munich (1922) |
| Authority file |
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artist QS:P170,Q289441 |
| Title |
Rokin with the Nieuwezijdskapel, Amsterdam |
| Object type |
painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
| Description |
English: Rokin with the Nieuwezijdskapel, Amsterdam |
| Date |
circa 1904 date QS:P571,+1904-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
| Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
| Dimensions |
height: 81 cm (31.8 in); width: 70.5 cm (27.7 in) dimensions QS:P2048,81U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,70.5U174728 |
| Current location |
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| Object history |
- with Kunsthandel E.J. Van Wisselingh & Co., Amsterdam, 1910-1913, nos. 2194 and 3423X.
- F.J.G. Bosman.
- E.A. Veltman, Bloemendaal, 1928.
- H.P. Doodeheefver, Hilversum, 1947.
- Anonymous sale; Christie's, Amsterdam, 26 April 2005, lot 184.
- Anonymous sale; Christies, Amsterdam, 20-21 November 2013, lot 368: realized €199,500 (including hammers price and buyer's premium).
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| Exhibition history |
- Rotterdam, Rotterdamsche Kunstkring, Tentoonstelling van werk van G.H. Breitner, 5 February-13 March 1910, no. 44.
- Amsterdam, Kunsthandel E.J. van Wisselingh & Co, Tentoonstelling van schilderijen en aquarellen door G.H. Breitner, September-October 1916, no. 28.
- The Hague, Gemeente Museum, Breitner Tentoonstelling, 10 November-9 December 1928, no. 162.
- Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Breitner en Amsterdam, October-November 1947, no. 138.
- The Hague, Gemeente Museum, Breitner, 23 December 1947-19 January 1948, no. 96.
- Rotterdam, Museum Boymans, Breitner, March-April 1954, no. 58b.
- Laren, Singer Museum, Kunstbezit rondom Laren, 3 July-31 August 1958, no. 205, as: Rokin Amsterdam.
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| Inscriptions |
signed 'G.H. Breitner' (lower left) |
| Notes |
- The Nieuwezijds Kapel is visible to the right of the composition. The chapel was demolished in 1908, despite public protest.
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| References |
- A. Pit (ed.), George Hendrik Breitner. Indrukken en Biografische Aanteekeningen: 90 photogravures naar zijne werken, Amsterdam, circa 1902, p. 173, ill.
- A. Venema, G.H.Breitner, 1857-1923, Amsterdam, 1981, p. 302.
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| Source/Photographer |
Christie's, LotFinder: entry 5741267 (sale 3040, lot 3040, Amsterdam, 20-21 November 2013) n.b. Christie's PNG file converted to JPG 100% quality in ArcSoft PhotoStudio 5.5.0.93 for Canon without any other processing |
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