17th Century Dutch Life on Canvas
Pride of Place: Dutch Cityscapes of the Golden Age at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, showcases 48 paintings and 22 maps, atlases and illustrated books which tell the story of urban life in the Netherlands during the 1800s.
From wide panoramic images, the equivalence of modern aerial photograph, shows the skylines of cities such as The Hague, Amsterdam, Delft, and Haarlem located near the North Sea. Captured are the windmills, church towers, fortifications, and daily Dutch life along it’s canals, docks, locks, city streets, and town squares, during the Dutch Golden Age.
The exhibit marks the 400th anniversary of English explorer, Henry Hudson’s voyage from Amsterdam to the Eastern coast of America in 1609, which after exploring the Chesapeake Bay, he sailed on to New York harbor and up the Hudson River. He was looking for a passage to the Pacific Ocean, but discovered none existed when he reach as far as Albany. The spot he landed in Manhattan became a thriving Dutch settlement that eventually developed into New York City.
National Gallery of Art - West Building
4th and Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20565 (map it)
Dates and Times - Daily through May 3, 2009, Monday - Saturday - 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Sundays - 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Admission - Museum and Pride of Place exhibit is free.
Nearest Metro Subway Station - Archives - Yellow and Green lines, then a 2-block walk.
Parking - Metered street and garage parking is available in the area.
Images - Courtesy of The National Gallery of Art - Gerrit Adriaensz Berckheyde (Dutch, 1638 - 1698) The Grote or St. Bavokerk in Haarlem, 1666 oil on panel overall: 60.3 x 84.5 cm (23 3/4 x 33 1/4 in.) Private collection, Gerrit Adriaensz Berckheyde (Dutch, 1638 - 1698) The Golden Bend in the Herengracht in Amsterdam, Seen from the Vijzelstraat, c. 1672, oil on panel
42.6 x 57.8 cm (16 3/4 x 22 3/4 in.), Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Jan Steen (Dutch, 1625/1626 - 1679) Adolf and Catharina Croeser on the Oude Delft, 1655 oil on canvas, overall: 82.5 x 68.6 cm (32 1/2 x 27 in.) Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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Tags: art, history, National Gallery, Smithsonian, Washington-DC
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