Geo Poggenbeek
(Amsterdam 1853 – 1903)
The Quay of the Groothoofdspoort, Dordrecht
Signed and dated 83 lower right
Oil on panel, 19.7 x 30 cm
Provenance:
– Kunsthandel Pieter Scheen, The Hague (1977)
– Private Collection, the Netherlands
Note:
This painting by George Jan Hendrik “Geo” Poggenbeek depicts the Groothoofdspoort in Dordrecht, seen from the Wolwevershaven. This city gate is located at the point where the rivers, the Oude Maas, the Merwede, and the Noord meet. The mill, De Hoop, in the Kerkbuurt in Papendrecht, is visible in the background.