The canal and houses have been depicted rigidly and symmetrical. Gerrit Berckheyde has painted the bend on Herengracht canal between Leidsestraat and Vijzelstraat with extreme accuracy. This was a newly built part of Amsterdam, part of an extensive plan to expand the city in the seventeenth century. That is why the canal looks so bare. Later on, this part of the canal was to become known as the Golden Bend due to the magnificent buildings and wealthy inhabitants.
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