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Maker(s):Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Culture:Dutch (1606 - 1669)
Title:View of Amsterdam
Date Made:1640
Type:Print
Materials:etching on paper
Place Made:Netherlands; Holland; North Holland: Amsterdam
Measurements:image: 11.1125 cm x 15.3988 cm; 4 3/8 in x 6 1/16 in; sheet/plate: 11.2713 cm x 15.3988 cm; 4 7/16 in x 6 1/16 in
Accession Number:  SC 1992.25.12
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Charles Lincoln Taylor (Margaret Rand Goldthwait, class of 1921)
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
1992_25_12.jpg

Description:
Landscape with city in distance; shipyards, church steeples, windmills, warehouses

Label Text:
Unlike many of Rembrandt’s composite landscapes which were inspired by rather than transcriptions of actual sites, View of Amsterdam depicts a recognizable view (which is, however, reversed in the print).The carefully considered composition makes the best use of the flatness of the countryside, with the wide expanse of sky taking up two thirds of the picture plane, further highlighting the string of windmills on the right, the church steeples leading to the left, and the masts of boats in the harbor on the far left. A winding river leads our eyes toward the background, creating a convincing spatial recession, while an unruly clump of vegetation anchors the left foreground.

Subjects:
Buildings; Cities and towns; Etching

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