Rembrandt van Rijn
Dutch, 1606–1669
This view of the skyline of Amsterdam is probably one of the artist's earliest landscape etchings. He may have made the work in situ, from a site on the Kadijk, which ran up the northeastern edge of the city. Scholars have determined that while the scale of the buildings is not accurate, their order appears to be.
Dutch, 1606–1669
View of Amsterdam from the North West
about 1640
Object Type:
Print
Creation Place:
Northern Europe, Dutch
Dimensions:
4 7/8 in. x 6 in. (12.38 cm x 15.24 cm)
Medium and Support:
Etching on cream laid paper
Accession Number:
1999.0007.0085
Credit Line:
Gift of Jean K. Weil in memory of Adolph "Bucks" Weil, Jr.
This view of the skyline of Amsterdam is probably one of the artist's earliest landscape etchings. He may have made the work in situ, from a site on the Kadijk, which ran up the northeastern edge of the city. Scholars have determined that while the scale of the buildings is not accurate, their order appears to be.
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