# Amsterdam, Dam Square Looking North [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BERCKHEYDE, Gerrit Adriaensz.]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on panel, 44 x 60 cm ## Commentary Gerrit Berckheyde's afternoon "snapshot" from Dam Square is dominated by the City Hall to the left of the composition. Topographical accuracy is preserved, despite the fact that the proportions of the square have been slightly modified in order to balance the composition. ## Related artworks - [Amsterdam, Dam Square Looking North \(detail\)]() - [Amsterdam, the Nieuwezijds near the Bloemmarkt]() - [Amsterdam, the Nieuwezijds near the Bloemmarkt]() - [Amsterdam: View of the Dam with the Town Hall]() - [Church of St Cecilia, Cologne]() - [Dam Square, Amsterdam]() - [Dam Square, Amsterdam]() - [Groote Market in Haarlem]() - [The Bend in the Herengracht in Amsterdam]() - [The Bend in the Herengracht]() - [The Bend in the Herengracht]() - [The Great Market in Haarlem]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()