In 1792, the merchant gildemeester converted two large rooms in his house on amsterdam’s herengracht into a picture gallery. Here we see that the walls are densely hung with paintings in gilded frames. Gildemeester stands in the middle of the front room, conversing with one of his guests. The visitors are studying the famous works, including a rembrandt, visible above gildemeester’s head. Object Type: painting. Genre: genre art. Date: between 1794 and 1795. Dimensions: height: 63.7 cm (25 in) ; width: 85.7 cm (33.7 in). Medium: oil on panel. Depicted People: Jan Gildemeester, Adriaan de Lelie, Jurriaen Andriessen, Bernardus de Bosch, Cornelis Rudolphus Theodorus Krayenhoff, Pieter Fouquet. Collection: Rijksmuseum. The Art Gallery of Jan Gildemeester Jansz by Adriaan de Lelie
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