Lauriergracht

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Lauriergracht
George Hendrik Breitner, Afb 010104000079.jpg
Lauriergracht numbers 1 to 9, an 1895 photograph from the George Hendrik Breitner collection[1]
LocationAmsterdam
CountryNetherlands
Coordinates52°22′16″N 4°52′48″E / 52.3712°N 4.8800°E / 52.3712; 4.8800Coordinates: 52°22′16″N 4°52′48″E / 52.3712°N 4.8800°E / 52.3712; 4.8800

The Lauriergracht (literally "Laurel Canal"[2]) is one of the canals of Amsterdam, located in the Jordaan, west of the Grachtengordel.

History and inhabitants[]

painting of the Beuker & Hulshoff sugar factory that used to be on the Lauriergracht,[3] in the Amsterdam Museum

It was painted and photographed by George Hendrik Breitner who set up a studio on the canal, at number 8, in 1893 and stayed there until 1898.[4][5] His De Lauriergracht bij de Tweede Laurierdwarsstraat (painted in 1917–1918) is in the Rijksmuseum.[6] Prints of his paintings of Lauriergracht 1-15 are in the Stedelijk Museum.[7]

At the end of the 17th century, the Lauriergracht had been the residence of several artists and their relatives.[8]

Karel du Jardin's aunt Jaqueline lived there in 1661.[9]

Govaert Flinck moved to the Lauriergracht in 1644, where his nephew Dirck already lived, and lived there until his death.[10] He bought two adjacent houses, numbers 76 and 78.[11] He initially worked at, and later took over from Rembrandt the management of, Hendrick Uylenburgh's workshop that was located on the canal.[12]

One of the famous residents of the Lauriergracht is the fictional , the unreliable narrator in Max Havelaar who is introduced in the first line of the book "Ik ben makelaar in koffie, en woon op de Lauriergracht nº 37". ("I am a coffee broker and I live at Number 37 Lauriergracht") which the character repeats over and over.[13][14] In Dutch literature the address Lauriergracht 37 is as well known as James Joyce's 7 Eccles Street;[15] in reality, it was an alley in the time of the author Dekker. From 1897 to 1984 it was the address of a Catholic instuttion for girls and women named "De Voorzienigheid" run by the  ; and then a block of flats, a gable stone by the main door of the flats proclaiming it to be the address of Last & Co., Makelaars in Koffie, Droogstoppel's fictional company.[16][17]

The house on number 122 was built in 1889 by architect Herman Hendrik Baanders, the first of a series of successful and impressive designs by his hand.[18]

Numbers 130 and 132 used to be a Christian Reformed Church; originally opened on 14 November 1900 and reopened on 21 December 1927 after an extension, the church was finally closed on 14 November 1985 and turned into apartments.[19] The Evangelical Lutheran Church built an orphanage at numbers 112–118 in 1757.[20]

Numbers 103 and 105 are another orphanage, a Roman Catholic one for boys that was built in the 17th century, run by the from 1845 to 1900, and by the aforementioned Sisters of Providence from then onwards.[21]

References[]

Cross-references[]

  1. ^ Beeldbank 2019a.
  2. ^ Michelin 2001, p. 128.
  3. ^ Jonker & Sluyterman 2001, p. 164.
  4. ^ Bothe 1898, p. 32.
  5. ^ Pols 1966, p. 129.
  6. ^ Rijksmuseum 2019a.
  7. ^ Beeldbank 2019b.
  8. ^ Nguyen 1992, p. 36.
  9. ^ Kilian 2007, p. 13.
  10. ^ Kok 2016, p. 49.
  11. ^ Grape-Albers 1997, p. 84.
  12. ^ Dickey 2013, p. 140.
  13. ^ Nieuwenhuys 1982, pp. 88–89.
  14. ^ Niekerk 2000, p. 175.
  15. ^ Beekman 1982, pp. 366.
  16. ^ Impens 2012.
  17. ^ Nijeboer & van Wissen.
  18. ^ van Rossem 2008.
  19. ^ RD 1985.
  20. ^ Meiners 1988, p. 77.
  21. ^ van Heijst 2002, p. 70.

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Further reading[]

  • Graves, W.J. (1985). De Lauriergrachtkerk in Amsterdam, 1900 - 14 november - 1985. Christelijke Gereformeerde Kerk.
  • Lammertse, Friso; van der Veen, Jaap (2006). "The House on Lauriergracht". Uylenburgh & son: art and commerce from Rembrandt to De Lairesse, 1625–1675. The Oliver Millar Collection. Waanders Publishers.
  • Meischke, R. (July 1981). "Het R.C. jongensweeshuis aan de Lauriergracht in het eind van de achttiende eeuw". Maandblad Amstelodamum. 73: 82–103.
  • van Heel, S. A. C. Dudok (1982). "Het "schilderhuys" van Govert Flinck en de kunsthandel van Uylenburgh aan de Lauriergracht te Amsterdam". Jaarboek Amstelodamum. J. H. de Bussy. 74: 70–90.
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