Venice, ca 1883,

NICOLAAS VAN DER WAAY
Amsterdam 1855-1936

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Venice, ca. 1883

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Oil on canvas

131 x 86,5 cm.

Signed: lower left

Provenance: Private collection, The Netherlands; Kunsthandel Schouten & Voskuil,
Leidsestraat 75 Amsterdam.

Nicolaas van der Waay saw his dream of winning the Prix du Rome in 1883 go up in smoke: there were no other candidates! However, thanks to the intercession of his then professor, August Allebé, he was awarded a ministerial grant of ƒ 1000 for a study trip to Italy (Rome, Florence, Venice).