A View of Amsterdam seen from the River Ij
Pieter van der Velde (1634- after 1687)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1630 - 1699
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
838 x 1232 mm (33 x 48 1/2 in)
Place of origin
Holland
Order this imageCollection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 21102
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A View of Amsterdam seen from River Ij by Peter van der Velde (1634- after 1687). Labelled Cornelis Vroom. Dutch men-o'-war, a wijdschip and other shipping in a stiff breeze. Inscribed Amsterdam on a piece of driftwood, lower centre.
Provenance
Purchased by George Abraham Gibbs (1873 - 1931), following the sale of the Caxton Bible, from Williams and Sutch, 1st Jan 1829 for £120; purchased by the National Trust from the estate of the late George Richard Lawley Gibbs, 2nd Baron Wraxall (1928 – 2001) with the assistance of the NHMF, Art Fund and donations from members and supporters in 2002
Credit line
Tyntesfield, The Gibbs Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Pieter van der Velde (1634- after 1687), artist Cornelis Vroom the younger (Haarlem c.1591 - Haarlem 1661), artist