De Stadhuisbrug te Utrecht

De Stadhuisbrug te Utrecht

<p style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Two dead pigs are unloaded at the old city weighing house. A man pulls a cart over the broken cobblestone pavement. The newly built Neo-Classical City Hall contrasts sharply with the dilapidated neighbouring buildings and the poorly maintained Dom Tower. That Utrecht&rsquo;s city centre was in such a condition had everything to do with the economic circumstances of earlier centuries.</span></p>

Two dead pigs are unloaded at the old city weighing house. A man pulls a cart over the broken cobblestone pavement. The newly built Neo-Classical City Hall contrasts sharply with the dilapidated neighbouring buildings and the poorly maintained Dom Tower. That Utrecht’s city centre was in such a condition had everything to do with the economic circumstances of earlier centuries.

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Title

De Stadhuisbrug te Utrecht

Artist

Reinier Craeyvanger (Utrecht 1812 - 1880 Amsterdam)

Dating

1833

Material and technique

olieverf op paneel

Object number

2543

Object type

schilderij

Acquisition

aankoop 1834

Dimensions

hoogte 68.4 cm

breedte 53.7 cm

hoogte (met lijst) 83.5 cm

breedte (met lijst) 69.2 cm

Inscriptions and markings

  • signatuur en datering r.o. (met verf): R Craeyvanger 1833

  • datering l.m., op boom van waag : anno 1833

What

bestuursinrichting (Utrecht) (bestuur)

When

Moderne tijd 1795-heden

More of the same motif

topografie, Utrecht (stad), Utrecht, Stadhuisbrug

Documentation

  • Catalogus van het Historisch Museum der stad [1928, cat. nrs. 1-1403], W.C. Schuylenburg, (Utrecht, 1928), cat. nr. 332

  • Catalogus van het Museum van Oudheden [1878], door S. Muller Fz.. S. Muller Fz., (Utrecht, 1878), cat. nr. 2094

  • Catalogus van het Museum van Oudheden [1904], door S. Muller Fz.. S. Muller Fz., (Utrecht, 1904), cat. nr. 3398

Exhibitions

  • De gezonde stad , Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2022

  • TROTS VAN DE STAD: De Utrechtse Domtoren, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2016

  • Alles werd anders, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2005

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https://hdl.handle.net/21.12130/collect.D01F4A9C-F6E1-4AC1-8B88-DFFE6FD8245B

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