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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands)en_US
dc.coverage.temporal1891-1895 (creation); restored 2003-2010 (restoration)en_US
dc.creatorWeissman, A. W.en_US
dc.date1891-1895en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-17T20:10:06Z
dc.date.available2014-12-17T20:10:06Z
dc.date.issued1891-1895en_US
dc.identifier251783en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 3136en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/167340
dc.descriptionRaking view from Paulus Potterstraat; The Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, opened on 14 September 1895 as an initiative of the local authority and private individuals. The construction of the building was largely funded by Sophia Adriana de Bruyn, who also donated her art and antiques collection. It was always conceived of as a museum of "contemporary" art. The Dutch Neo-Renaissance style museum building was designed by Dutch architect Adriaan Willem Weissman, who was the architect for the city of Amsterdam during this period. The eclecticism that dominated late 19th-century Dutch architecture came naturally to Weissman, who favored the use of local brick with stone trim to achieve a lively, permanent polychromy. Differences of opinion over the construction of the Museum led to Weissman’s resignation shortly before its completion. It was closed during the restoration of 2004-2010. It reopened partially in 2010, but not fully until 2012 because the climate control systems were located in the new wing. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 6/5/2014)en_US
dc.format.mediumred brick; stoneen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectArt museumsen_US
dc.subjectRestoration and conservationen_US
dc.subjectNineteenth centuryen_US
dc.subjectRenaissance Revivalen_US
dc.titleStedelijk Museum [original building]en_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-MCAR-SMMC-A29en_US
vra.culturalContextDutchen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypeart museumen_US
dc.contributor.displayA. W. Weissman (Dutch architect, 1858-1923)en_US


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