Amstel
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- This article is about the river in the Netherlands. Amstel is also beer brand produced by Heineken.
Amstel (derivation from 'Aeme stelle', old Dutch for: 'area abounding with water') is the river in the Netherlands from which Amsterdam took its name.
History
After the construction of a dam in the mouth of the river, a fishing-village "Amstelredam" came into existence and was granted city-rights around 1300. The hamlet developed into the small town "Amsteldam" that gained importance as a result of its position at the inland sea "Zuiderzee".The Amstel brewery was situated close to the Amstel river of which the water was used to cool the beer.
The Amstel in Art
oil on canvas
Frans Koppelaar
Artists that have chosen the Amstel river as a subject were:
- Aert van der Neer - (1603-1677)
- Willem Witsen - (1860-1923)
- George Hendrik Breitner - (1857-1923)
- Piet Mondrian - (1872-1944)
- Hendrik Jan Wolter - (1873-1952)
- Frans Koppelaar - (1943- )
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