The Dam and Damrak, Amsterdam

Artists

Dimensions

61.9 x 71.1 cm (24 3/8 x 28 in.) frame: 77.5 x 86.4 x 6.4 cm (30 1/2 x 34 x 2 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Willem Lormier, 1754, The Hague, sold [through his sale, The Hague, July 4, 1763, lot 137]; to Balden. Collection Etienne François Choiseul-Stainville, Duc de Choiseul et Ambroise (1719-1785), Paris, sold [through J.F. Boileau, Paris, April 6-10, 1772, lot 74 as “Van der Heiden”]; to [J.F. Bolieau], sold (?); to Dubois de Courval, sold [through Folliot, Delalande, Fournier, May 11, 1789, lot. No. 10 as Jean Vander Heyden]. Aleksander Andreyevich, Prince Bezborodko (1747 – 1799), Saint Petersburg 1783 (?), by descent; to his brother, 1800, by descent; to Countess Liubov Il'inichna Kusheleva (née Bezborodko) (1783-1809), the daughter of Prince Bezborodko, by descent; to Grigorii (1801-1855), her son as part of Collection Georg, Count Kushelev-Bezborodko, sold [through Durand-Ruel, Paris, June 5, 1869 lot 4, as by Gérard Berkeyden]. Collection Edwards, sold [through Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 25, 1905, lot 2, as “Un Quai à Amsterdam” by Gérard Berkheyden (Lugt 63248)], to Féral. [Julius Böehler, Munich, through James Loeb] [1], sold; to Paul Moritz Warburg (1868-1932), New York, NY, October 1909, by descent; to his son, James P. Warburg (1896-1969); to Mr. and Mrs. Samuel B. Grimson (née Bettina Warburg, sister of James P. Warburg), gift; to Fogg Art Musum, 1968. Notes [1] James Loeb is a relative of Paul M. Warburg’s wife, Nina J. Loeb.