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View of Amsterdam from the North-west

Print
1770-1790 (made)
Artist/Maker
Rembrandt Van Rijn (artist)
James Bretherton (print-makers)
Place of origin
Europe (published)

Etching depicting a view of a city with buildings and windmills from across the fields.

Object details

Categories
Landscapes
Prints
Printmaking Techniques
Copies and Facsimiles
Object type
print
TitleView of Amsterdam from the North-west (published title)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Paper (Fiber Product)
Printing Ink
Etching (Printing Process)
Brief description
Etching by James Bretherton, 'View of Amsterdam from the north-west', after a work by Rembrandt, from a volume comprising a collection of 200 etchings by various artists. European, 1738-1780
Physical description
Etching depicting a view of a city with buildings and windmills from across the fields.
Dimensions
  • Print cut to height: 11.1cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue)
  • Print cut to width: 15.1cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue)
  • Size of page in volume height: 372mm
  • Size of page in volume width: 271mm
Production typeCopy
Credit line
Given by Miss Emily A. Fawcett.
Object history
Given by Miss Emily A. Fawcett
Subjects depicted
Landscape
Windmills
Warehouses
Place depicted
Amsterdam
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue
  • White, Christopher and Boon, Karel G. Rembrandt's Etchings: An Illustrated Critical Catalogue in Two Volumes, I. Text. (Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co; London: A. Zwemmer Ltd., 1969).
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.131-1923

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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