Director's Choice: Willem Koekkoek

WILLEM KOEKKOEK
Amsterdam 1839 – 1895 Nieuwer-Amstel (Amstelveen)

A busy street in a Dutch town

Signed lower right: W Koekkoek
Oil on canvas: 33 x 48 ¾ in / 83.8 x 123.8 cm
Frame size: 40 ¾ x 56 ¼ in / 103.5 x 142.9 cm
Painted circa 1880s

A busy street in a Dutch town is a quintessential example of Willem Koekkoek’s work in the 1880s, impressive in its scale and in the wealth and intricacy of its architectural detail. Perfectly capturing the vitality of a bustling town, every aspect of the composition, each individual brick, pane of glass and leaf is rendered with an exquisite attention to detail and the play of light and shade.

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