Gerrit Berckheyde. View of the Golden Bend in the Herengracht (‘Gezicht op de Gouden Bocht in de Herengracht’), ca. 1672 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).

Oil on oak: 42.5 x 57.9 cm. Glorifying bourgeois architecture. The sun is shining on prosperous Amsterdam. The world is crisp and clean. Things are going well.

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