View of Amsterdam from the North-west

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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.

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Categories	Landscapes Prints Printmaking Techniques Copies and Facsimiles
Object type	print
Title	View 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 type	Copy
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	CAI.608 (Original) 21254:6 (Copy)
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 created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O772175/view-of-amsterdam-from-the-print-rembrandt-van-rijn/

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