View on the Herengracht(1672)

Those foreigners who visit Amsterdam are impressed by the beauty of the canals and the 17th and 18th century canal houses, once built for the rich and important merchant families in what was called the 'Golden Age' of the Republic of the seven united provinces as the Netherlands were called at that time
The National Museum(Rijksmuseum) in Amsterdam has been able to add a stunning painting named 'View on the Herengracht'(Gentlemen s canal) , painted by Gerrit Berckheyde .This painting shows the canal in its early stage of construction, as you can still see open spaces between already constructed houses
The museum was able to buy this painting thanks to a substantial gift by the dutch lottery.It was bought from an american-dutch art collector
I especially went to the museum to watch this great work of Art .It s painted in 1672 but in my view it looks so modern because of its colour scheme combined with almost same realistic way of painting from the 1920 s and 30 s(like the paintings of carel Willink)
For those visiting Amsterdam go and watch this painting,you will not be disappointed