The Omval
Print
1645 (made)
1645 (made)
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In the later years of the 19th century, connoisseurs and collectors took renewed interest in Rembrandt's delightfully informal etchings of village and river scenes made around Amsterdam. His impression of Omval inspired the amateur etcher Francis Seymour Haden to explore dry-point technique and begin a series of Thames views. This project, in which he intended to collaborate with his brother-in-law James McNeill Whistler before they fell out, was the origin of Whistler's Thames Set.
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Materials and techniques | Etching and drypoint |
Brief description | Etching and drypoint by Rembrandt van Rijn, 'The Omval', second state. Amsterdam, 1645. |
Physical description | Etching and drypoint depicting a landscape with a figure standing on banks of a river, on the left is large willow with a couple in the shadows. Across the river in the distance are buildings and a windmill. |
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Marks and inscriptions | Rembrandt 1645 (Signed and dated) |
Credit line | Bequeathed by Constantine Alexander Ionides |
Object history | C.A. Ionides Bequest. |
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Summary | In the later years of the 19th century, connoisseurs and collectors took renewed interest in Rembrandt's delightfully informal etchings of village and river scenes made around Amsterdam. His impression of Omval inspired the amateur etcher Francis Seymour Haden to explore dry-point technique and begin a series of Thames views. This project, in which he intended to collaborate with his brother-in-law James McNeill Whistler before they fell out, was the origin of Whistler's Thames Set. |
Associated object | 21254:11 (Copy) |
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Accession number | CAI.609 |
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Record created | April 1, 2008 |
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