Historische optocht in Amsterdam

About this artwork

blad: hoogte 295 mm x breedte 1100 mm

Art Historical Context

"Historische optocht in Amsterdam" captures a lively procession winding through the streets of the Dutch capital, rendered as a panoramic color lithograph by Gerardus Johannes Bos (1822–1880). Measuring just under 30 centimeters high yet stretching over a meter wide, the elongated format invites viewers to follow the unfolding spectacle as if standing along the route. Bos, working in the mid-nineteenth century, employed lithography’s ability to reproduce vibrant hues and fine detail, making such celebratory scenes accessible beyond elite circles. Color lithography was then a relatively new co...

About the Artist

Gerardus Johannes Bos · 1825–1898

Gerardus Johannes Bos (1825–1898) was a Dutch painter, engraver, and lithographer who specialized in depicting animals, particularly domestic livestock, in landscape and stable interior settings. Born in Leiden on April 9, 1825, Bos developed a distinctive artistic focus on rural life and animal subjects that earned him recognition among nineteenth-century Dutch genre painters. Though he received ...