Interior of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam

Emanuel de Witte

1680

oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum

A crowded interior of a grand synagogue with people gathered and ornate chandeliers hanging from the ceiling. Sunlight streams through tall arched windows, illuminating the wooden floor. …; collection Wilhelm Krause (1803-64), Berlin; from his wife, 850 DM (50 Freidrichsdor) to the Königliche Gemäldegalerie, later the Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum, Berlin, 1847 (on loan to the Gemäldegalerie in Wiesbaden from 1884 till 1918 or later);{Von Stockhausen 2000, p. 339, no. 730; coll. cat. Wiesbaden 1918, p. 56, no. 230.} exchanged with the dealer Galerie van Diemen & Co, Berlin, for another Interior of the Portuguese synagogue in Amsterdam by Emanuel de Witte, between 1925 and 1927;{Manke 1963, p. 121, nos. 206, 207.} … ; purchased by Anton Jurgens (1867-1945), Nijmegen, London?, and New York, 1928 or 1929;{Manke 1963, p. 121;