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View Down a Dutch Canal, Jan van der Heyden, c. 1670
Jan van der Heyden, portraitJan van der HeydenDutch, 1637–1712

View Down a Dutch Canal

c. 1670 · Painting

Can I see it?

Yes, on view now

Where is “View Down a Dutch Canal” now? National Gallery of Art, Gallery 50B · West Building, Main Floor, Washington, D.C. Yes, on view now. Checked September 29, 2026.

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Room50B · West Building, Main Floor

Closed· opens tomorrow at 10:00 AM

On public display.

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Source
The museum
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Details

Accession number
2012.73.2

What it shows

ChurchExteriorBoatLandscapeWaterwayCanal

In the catalog

PaintingsOilDutch paintingBaroque17th centuryDutchLandscape paintingCityscape

Sources

In the life of Jan van der Heyden

The whole life

  1. 1660–1712 · Workplace

    Amsterdam

  2. 1669

    Lighting Amsterdam’s streets

    Amsterdam begins using van der Heyden’s street-lighting system.

  3. 1672

    Improving the fire hose

    Van der Heyden and his brother Nicolaes improve the fire hose.

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Le Rhin à Emmerich avec l'église Saint-Martin

second half of the 17th century · Musée du Louvre

De stenen brug, Jan van der Heyden, c. 1660 - c. 1672

De stenen brug

c. 1660 - c. 1672 · Rijksmuseum

Le Dam avec le nouvel Hôtel de Ville à Amsterdam, vue prise depuis la Kalverstraat, 1668, Heyden, Jan van der, XVIIe siècle (1668)

Le Dam avec le nouvel Hôtel de Ville à Amsterdam, vue prise depuis la Kalverstraat, 1668

17th century (1668) · Musée du Louvre

Harteveld, maison de plaisance à Maarssen (région d'Utrecht), Heyden, Jan van der, 2e moitié du XVIIe siècle (1668)

Harteveld, maison de plaisance à Maarssen (région d'Utrecht)

second half of the 17th century (1668) · Musée du Louvre

Le Herengracht à Amsterdam, Heyden, Jan van der, 2e moitié du XVIIe siècle (vers 1668 - 1674)

Le Herengracht à Amsterdam

second half of the 17th century (c. 1668–1674) · Musée du Louvre

An Architectural Fantasy, Jan van der Heyden, c. 1670

An Architectural Fantasy

c. 1670 · National Gallery of Art

Le Vieux-Palais à Bruxelles (palais du Coudenberg), Heyden, Jan van der, 2e moitié du XVIIe siècle (A dater des années 1670) (1670)

Le Vieux-Palais à Bruxelles (palais du Coudenberg)

second half of the 17th century (1670) · Musée du Louvre

L'Église Sainte-Aldegonde à Emmerich (Allemagne), Heyden, Jan van der, XVIIe siècle (vers 1672)

L'Église Sainte-Aldegonde à Emmerich (Allemagne)

17th century (c. 1672) · Musée du Louvre

In the same room · M-050-B, National Gallery of Art

Museum page
Wooded Landscape with Travelers, Jan Brueghel the Elder, 1610

Jan Brueghel

Wooded Landscape with Travelers, 1610

River Landscape, Jan Brueghel the Elder, 1607

Jan Brueghel

River Landscape, 1607

The Hermit, Gerrit Dou, 1670

Gerrit Dou

The Hermit, 1670

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Gerrit Dou

Bust of a Bearded Man, c. 1642/1645

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anonymous

Study of Birds and Monkey, 1660/1670

Study of Birds and Monkeys, Circle of Jan van Kessel the Elder, 1660/1670

anonymous

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Still Life with Flowers Surrounded by Insects and a Snail, c. 1610

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