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"tombstone": "Herengracht, Amsterdam, c. 1661. Jan Wijnants (Dutch, 1635\u20131684). 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",
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"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.)",
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"title": "Opkomst en bloei van het Noordnederlandse stadsgezicht in de 17de eeuw (The Dutch Cityscape in the Seventeenth Century and its Sources)",
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"title": "Pride of Place: Dutch Cityscapes of the Golden Age",
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"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)",
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"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\u2019s 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.
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"1This sale included the property of \"Mrs. Derek Fitzgerald,\" n\u00e9e Violet Sassoon.
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"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.
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"description": "This painting is the first depiction of Amsterdam in which a canal is given prominence. Flanked by picturesque, tree-lined avenues and exquisite mansions, the Herengracht (Gentleman's Canal) was one of Amsterdam's most important waterways. The precision with which Jan Wijnants portrayed the topography of the city enables the viewer to witness the development of this location. To the left of the canal, Wijnants depicted a lumber yard, on which, in 1662, the architect Philip Vingoboons built four houses for the merchant Jacob Cromhout. Furthermore, soon after Wijanants completed this painting the canal was expanded.",
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"citation": "Stechow, Wolfgang. \u201cJan Wijnants: View of the Heerengracht, Amsterdam.\u201d The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 52, no. 10 (December 1965): 164\u2013173.",
"page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: p. 164-165, fig. 1; Reproduced: p. 168-169",
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