# Stock Exchange: concert hall [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BERLAGE, Hendrik Petrus]() - Date: 1851-1900 - Technique: Photo ## Commentary Amsterdam was very prosperous at the end of the nineteenth century. Trade flourished, and more and more people decided to live in the city. The Government of Amsterdam, therefore, decided in 1896 to build a new stock exchange. The designer was the architect and urban planner Hendrik Petrus Berlage. Berlage, however, was a fervent socialist and did not believe that the stock exchange would last. He solved this smartly and creatively. Inspired by the Italian Palazzo Pubblico, Berlage decided to design the new stock exchange building in such a way that in the future, after the expected victory of socialism, it could serve as a grand and impressive community house. ## Related artworks - [Chair]() - [De Burcht van Berlage: Council Room]() - [De Burcht van Berlage: entrance hall]() - [De Burcht van Berlage: entrance]() - [Hunting Lodge Sint Hubertus: general view]() - [Hunting Lodge Sint Hubertus: general view]() - [Kunstmuseum Den Haag: Central Hall]() - [Kunstmuseum Den Haag: Exterior view]() - [Sideboard from 'Villa Henny Suite']() - [Stock Exchange: clock tower]() - [Stock Exchange: entrance]() - [Stock Exchange: general view]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()