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Amsterdam Street Scene
Amsterdam Street Scene is an oil painting by the Romanticist artist Adrianus Eversen. It dates from 1858 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.
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Technique & Style
It was executed using traditional oil paint on a wooden support, reflecting the artistic practices of 19th-century Dutch painters.
Amsterdam Street Scene is an oil painting on wood panel created by Adrianus Eversen in 1858. The work measures 24.8 cm by 18.7 cm and depicts an urban scene characteristic of Dutch city genre painting. It was executed using traditional oil paint on a wooden support, reflecting the artistic practices of 19th-century Dutch painters. The painting's formal qualities include careful handling of light and atmospheric perspective typical of Eversen's style.
History & Provenance
Created by Adrianus Eversen in 1858, this oil painting on wood panel depicts an Amsterdam street scene. The painting was held by Philip Suval, Inc. in New York before being sold on 30 June 1962 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce. Following Bruce's death in 1969, the artwork entered the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., in 1970 as part of her bequest, where it remains. The accession number is not specified in the provided sources, and no exhibition history is recorded.
Overview
Adrianus Eversen’s 1858 work titled Amsterdam Street Scene is an oil painting executed on a wooden panel. The composition captures a quiet urban street in the Dutch capital, rendered with a restrained palette and careful attention to architectural detail.
Subject & Meaning
The scene shows a cobblestone thoroughfare flanked by modest buildings with white façades and red-tiled roofs. A solitary tree rises in the middle of the street, while a few pedestrians, among them a woman bearing a basket, move leisurely, suggesting everyday life in mid‑nineteenth‑century Amsterdam.
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