id: 141166 accession number: 1964.419 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.419 updated: 2024-03-26 01:59:11.867000 Herengracht, Amsterdam, c. 1661. Jan Wijnants (Dutch, 1635–1684). Oil on canvas; framed: 87 x 101 x 9.2 cm (34 1/4 x 39 3/4 x 3 5/8 in.); unframed: 67.2 x 81.6 cm (26 7/16 x 32 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Harry D. Kendrick 1964.419 title: Herengracht, Amsterdam title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1661 creation date earliest: 1656 creation date latest: 1666 current location: creditline: Gift of Harry D. Kendrick copyright: --- culture: Netherlands technique: oil on canvas department: European Painting and Sculpture collection: P - Netherlandish-Dutch type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Jan Wijnants (Dutch, 1635–1684) - artist --- measurements: Framed: 87 x 101 x 9.2 cm (34 1/4 x 39 3/4 x 3 5/8 in.); Unframed: 67.2 x 81.6 cm (26 7/16 x 32 1/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Signed lower left: "J. Wijnants [with remains of an inscription below]" translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review (1964) opening date: 1964-12-08T05:00:00 Year in Review (1964). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 8, 1964-January 31, 1965). title: Dutch Art and Life in the Seventeenth Century opening date: 1973-07-10T04:00:00 Dutch Art and Life in the Seventeenth Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 10-September 2, 1973). title: Opkomst en bloei van het Noordnederlandse stadsgezicht in de 17de eeuw (The Dutch Cityscape in the Seventeenth Century and its Sources) opening date: 1977-06-13T04:00:00 Opkomst en bloei van het Noordnederlandse stadsgezicht in de 17de eeuw (The Dutch Cityscape in the Seventeenth Century and its Sources). Amsterdam Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands (organizer) (June 16-August 28, 1977); Art Gallery of Ontario, Ontario M5T 1G4, Canada (September 27-November 13, 1977). title: Visions of Landscape: East and West opening date: 1982-02-17T05:00:00 Visions of Landscape: East and West. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982). title: Pride of Place: Dutch Cityscapes of the Golden Age opening date: 2008-10-11T00:00:00 Pride of Place: Dutch Cityscapes of the Golden Age. Mauritshuis, Den Hague, Netherlands (October 11, 2008-January 11, 2009); National Gallery of Art, Landover, MD (February 8-May 3, 2009). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'Cleveland Museum of Art (12/18/1964 - 01/08/1964) "Year in Review" (cat. no. 100)', 'opening_date': '1964-01-08T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Cleveland Museum of Art (07/10/1973 - 09/02/1973) "Dutch Art and Life in the 17th Century"', 'opening_date': '1973-07-10T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Amsterdam Historisch Museum and Art Gallery of Ontario (1977) "The Dutch Cityscape in the 17th century and its Sources" (cat. no. 136, pp. 244)', 'opening_date': '1977-01-01T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Cleveland Museum of Art (02/17/1982 - 03/21/1982) "Visions of Landscape"', 'opening_date': '1982-02-17T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague, The Netherlands (10/11/2008 - 01/11/2009) and National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C. (02/01/2009 - 05/03/2009) "Pride of Place: Dutch Cityscapes of the Golden Age" (ex. cat. no. 52, pp. 208-209, 244-245)', 'opening_date': '2008-10-11T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio date: 1964- footnotes: citations: (Frederick Mont, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: Probably 1964 footnotes: citations: (C. Duits, London)1 date: 1963-1964? footnotes: *
1The exact role played by C. Duits, a London dealer, in the sale of the painting to CMA is unclear, but it is possible that he purchased it at Sotheby’s on behalf of Mont, or that he sold it to Mont following the sale.  Duits is listed as the buyer of the painting in the price list accompanying the Sotheby's sale catalogue.

citations: (Sale, Sotheby’s, London, July 3, 1963, no. 17, sold to C. Duits)1 date: 1963 footnotes: *
1This sale included the property of "Mrs. Derek Fitzgerald," née Violet Sassoon.
citations: Violet Sassoon, Heathfield Park, Sussex, consigned to Sotheby’s date: Until 1963 footnotes: citations: (Sale, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, March 31, 1938, no. 45)1 date: 1938 footnotes: *
The painting is among those listed as coming from the collections of "divers amateurs," a term auction catalogues used in the past to refer to various private collectors.  The buyer is not recorded.
citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Sotheby's (Firm). Highly Important Old Master Paintings. July 3, 1963. page number: url: Mary Suzor, email to Victoria Sears Goldman, March 25, 2014, in CMA curatorial file. page number: url: Sotheby's (Firm). Highly Important Old Master Paintings. July 3, 1963. page number: url: Sotheby's (Firm). Highly Important Old Master Paintings. July 3, 1963. page number: url: Galerie Charpentier, and Henri Baudoin. Tableaux anciens, gouache, dessin; objets d'art et d'ameublement...March 31, 1938. page number: url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 126 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n150 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 126 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n150 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 161 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n181 The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982. page number: Mentioned: p. 288; Reproduced: p. 289 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1964.419/1964.419_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1964.419/1964.419_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1964.419/1964.419_full.tif