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Arnoldus Oldenhave moved to Amsterdam at the age of 31 to attend the Avondtekenschool and the Piersma Institute. As a student of Johan Piersma, he became best known for his impasto expressionist Amsterdam cityscapes and squares.
The Victoria Hotel and the current Art-otel can also be recognized in this painting.
The construction on poles in the water (right) could have been a terrace section of the Noord-Zuid Hollands Koffiehuis at the time it was painted, but this is not certain.