Full title | The Market Place and Town Hall, Haarlem |
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Artist | Gerrit Berckheyde |
Artist dates | 1638 - 1698 |
Date made | about 1691 |
Medium and support | Oil on oak |
Dimensions | 31.9 × 40.3 cm |
Inscription summary | Signed |
Acquisition credit | On loan from the Victoria and Albert Museum |
Inventory number | L1120 |
Location | Not on display |
Image copyright | On loan from the Victoria and Albert Museum |
Collection | Main Collection |
The view is of the west side of the market place (Grote Markt). Facing the spectator is the town hall, which was built in the 14th century as a palace of the Counts of Holland and altered in the 1630s. On the gable of the projecting part of the building is a statue of Justice and, above it, the arms of Haarlem. On the right, beside the town hall, is the beginning of the Zijlstraat. The entrance to the Grote Houtstraat is between the houses on the extreme left. On the roof of the town hall are nesting boxes for storks.
This is a late version of a composition often painted by Berckheyde. A chalk sketch by Berckheyde of the left half of this view is in the Teylers Museum, Haarlem.
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The Market Place and Town Hall, Haarlem
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