'World-famous outside the Netherlands'. Top piece of 'veduta painting' to Amersfoort

by Onno Weggemans
18 July 201730 March 2022
3 min read
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Het Amersfoortse Museum Flehite heeft bij Christie's in Londen de gouache (een met dekkende waterverf gemaakt schilderij) Gezicht op Amersfoort van de 17de-eeuwse schilder Caspar van Wittel aangekocht. De aankoopprijs voor dit Amersfoortse kopstuk was inclusief heffingen ruim 200.000 euro.
Van Wittel werd in Amersfoort geboren en vertrok na een leertijd bij Withoos op 21-jarige leeftijd naar Italië, waar hij als Gaspare Vanvitelli naam maakte als schilder van stadsgezichten. Hij wordt in Italië ...

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