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Bert Hermans
'Punt Gouda'
Oil on Canvas
50 x 40 cm
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The painting 'Punt Gouda' shows several houses on the street with the same name on the southern edge of the city center of Gouda. The street runs from the Oosthaven to the Molen 't Slot. Gouda Castle used to be on this spot. Between 1361 and 1384, the castle in Gouda – also known as Castle Ter Gouwe – was built by order of Jan van Blois, lord of Gouda at that time. The castle was located on the Hollandse IJssel at the mouth of De Gouwe. There was already a large tower on this spot and a city wall had already been built.