Isaac Ouwater (Dutch 1748-1793) A view of Amsterdam from the 't Spaarne canal in Slooterdijk with travellers on a towpath by the tollgate and a couple on a ferry Oil on canvas Signed and dated 1782 lower right 32 x 42cm (12¼ x 16½ in.) Provenance: Sale, Christie's, London, Old Master Pictures, 9 July 2003, Lot 54 Acquired from the above by The Lord Wraxall Isaac Ouwater (17501793) was an 18th century landscape painter from the Northern Netherlands. During his career he is known to have worked in Amsterdam, Haarlem and Utrecht and is best known for his landscapes and architectural scenes. The tSpaarne canal was dug in 1631, and subsequently over the following century prompted the construction of more than one hundred country and tea houses along the waterside. A similar view of the canal painted in 1778 and taken from a standpoint a little further forward from that of the present lot surfaced in a saleroom in Amsterdam in 2003.
Isaac Ouwater (Dutch 1748-1793) A view of Amsterdam from the 't Spaarne canal in Slooterdijk with travellers on a towpath by the tollgate and a couple on a ferry Oil on canvas Signed and dated 1782 lower right 32 x 42cm (12¼ x 16½ in.) Provenance: Sale, Christie's, London, Old Master Pictures, 9 July 2003, Lot 54 Acquired from the above by The Lord Wraxall Isaac Ouwater (17501793) was an 18th century landscape painter from the Northern Netherlands. During his career he is known to have worked in Amsterdam, Haarlem and Utrecht and is best known for his landscapes and architectural scenes. The tSpaarne canal was dug in 1631, and subsequently over the following century prompted the construction of more than one hundred country and tea houses along the waterside. A similar view of the canal painted in 1778 and taken from a standpoint a little further forward from that of the present lot surfaced in a saleroom in Amsterdam in 2003.
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