Large cityscape  painting with  street scene in a Dutch city ( Amsterdam?) was executed by one of prominent Dutch painter Johannes Frederik Hulk Sr. (1829 – 1911) was a Dutch painter, draftsman, photographer, and owner of a paint supplies store. Hulk was born in Amsterdam in 1829. He was the youngest son of the merchant Hendrik Hulk and his English wife Mary Burroughs. He received painting lessons from his older brother Abraham and from Kasparus Karsen. As a painter he mainly painted landscapes, seascapes, cities, villages, and harbors. He gave painting lessons to his son Johannes Frederik "John" Hulk Jr., and to Bernard de Hoog, Bertha Müller, and Elias Stark. He was a member of the artists' society Arti et Amicitiae in Amsterdam.

Hulk was not only a painter, but also a draftsman and owned a painting and drawing supplies store, De Rembrandt ("The Rembrandt"), on the Rokin in Amsterdam. After the advent of photography, he trained himself in this new discipline. Together with his partner, Pieter Vlaander, he ran a photographic studio called Rembrandt, also on the Rokin. They worked together as the photographic studio Hulk & Vlaander until 1867. They also opened a studio on the Geldersekade in Rotterdam.

Literature: Thieme/Becker  XVIII, 1925, 107 ; Scheen I, 1969.

Inscription: signed and dated lower right; old Metall plaque with artist's name , mounted to the original frame.

Technique: oil on canvas, luxeriosy original gilt frame.

Measurements: unframed w 22" x h 28 1/2" (56 x 72,5 cm); framed w35" x h 41 1/8" (89 x 104,5 cm).

Condition: in good condition.