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Willem van Haecht (1593-1637), Apelles paints Campaspe, ca. 1630
Mauritshuis, The Hague
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The Joods Historisch Museum acquires Amsterdam view of the Great Synagogue and the Portuguese Synagogue by Gerrit Adriaensz. Berckheyde

In December 2008 the Joods Historisch Museum acquired an important 17th-century view of Amsterdam by Gerrit Berckheyde (1638-98). The painting shows the Great Synagogue and the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam. The latter had just been finished at the time of painting.

Curator Edward van Voolen has been kind enough to provide us with the English version of his article on the painting, which you can read here. (Word document, 73 kB).

The acquisition was made possible by
Mondriaan Stichting
Stichting VSB Fonds
SNS Reaal Fonds
Vereniging Rembrandt
BankGiro Loterij
Heirs of H. Strauss-Ricardo
Stichting Vrienden van het Joods Historisch Museum
Richard Green galleries
Tom Meijer
The Crown Family
The Bobins Foundation
Salomon Stodel galleries