The painting below by Adriaan de Lelie is called 'The Art Gallery of Jan Gildemeester Jansz.' (1794-1795). Some of you may remember that I used this painting as the inspiration for the two reception rooms in my canal house 'Herengracht'. Jan Gildemeester owned the house at the end of the 18th century and had the two rooms shown in the painting remodelled to use as his art gallery. The rooms in the painting still exist, almost exactly as they were in the time they were painted. They are part of a canal house at the Herengracht which, unfortunately for us, is not open to the general public. So, other than in photos, I had never actually seen the house inside.
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