Gezicht op het Koninklijk Paleis en de Nieuwe Kerk op de Dam te Amsterdam
1835-10 - 1839-05
Medium
brush
Dimensions
208; 131
About this artwork
inscriptie, verso, op korte kant: ‘Vue du Palais d'Amsterdam pris du marché / aux poissons Com Zeedijk / Octobre 1835 [later onderaan Zeedijk toegevoegd] / fini à Paris May 1839 / K.F. Bendorp / Octobre 1835;...May 1839’
Art Historical Context
**Gezicht op het Koninklijk Paleis en de Nieuwe Kerk op de Dam te Amsterdam** by Augustus Wijnantz captures a charming snapshot of 19th-century Amsterdam. This intimate brush drawing, measuring just 131 x 208 mm, depicts the grand Royal Palace—once Amsterdam's town hall and briefly Napoleon's palace—and the Nieuwe Kerk on the bustling Dam Square. Created between October 1835 and May 1839, it reflects the Romantic era's fascination with urban and everyday life, rendered in a precise, on-location style typical of topographical artists. The work's story unfolds through its detailed verso inscrip...