View of Amsterdam from the North-west
Print
ca. 1640 (made), before 1642 (made)
ca. 1640 (made), before 1642 (made)
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This landscape etching is of a recognizable view (but in reverse) of the North East of the 'St. Anthonis Poort, outside the old bastion de Blauwhoofd' (Hind, 1923). Buildings include the Haringpakkerstoren, the Oudekerk, the Montalbaanstoren, the East and West Indian Dockhouses, the Mill on the Blauwhoofd and the Zuiderkerk. Rembrandt had sketched the local landscapes but his etchings of the subject matter were a new departure between about 1640 and 1652. Differences in technique among his landscape etchings and drypoints suggest that, just as he sketched in situ, he may have sometimes sketched directly onto his copper plates in drypoint or with an etching needle.
Object details
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| Title | View of Amsterdam from the North-west (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Etching |
| Brief description | Etching by Rembrandt van Rijn, 'View of Amsterdam from the north-west'. Amsterdam, ca.1640. |
| Physical description | Etching depicting a view of a city with buildings and windmills from across the fields. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Constantine Alexander Ionides |
| Object history | C.A. Ionides Bequest. 'The view is taken from the Kadijk, and shows (in reverse from the actual scene) from l. to r., the Haringpakkerstorn, the Oude Kerk, The Monetelbaanstoren, the East and West India Co. warehouses, the Mill on the Rijzenhoofd and the Zuiderkerk. The view shows neither the West India Co. warehouse, built in 1642, nor the Waleneiland, which was laid out in 1644.' |
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| Summary | This landscape etching is of a recognizable view (but in reverse) of the North East of the 'St. Anthonis Poort, outside the old bastion de Blauwhoofd' (Hind, 1923). Buildings include the Haringpakkerstoren, the Oudekerk, the Montalbaanstoren, the East and West Indian Dockhouses, the Mill on the Blauwhoofd and the Zuiderkerk. Rembrandt had sketched the local landscapes but his etchings of the subject matter were a new departure between about 1640 and 1652. Differences in technique among his landscape etchings and drypoints suggest that, just as he sketched in situ, he may have sometimes sketched directly onto his copper plates in drypoint or with an etching needle. |
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| Accession number | CAI.608 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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