View over the Amstel from the Rampart

c. 1646/1650

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn
Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669
The artwork presents a view over the Amstel River, captured from a slightly elevated point of view. The horizon is positioned low, showing the sky above. In the distance, various buildings and structures, including windmills and gabled houses, line the riverbanks. The composition features a series of boats and bridges, with the river winding through the scene. The brushstrokes are delicate and precise, with a monochromatic palette of browns and beiges.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown wash

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 8.9 x 18.5 cm (3 1/2 x 7 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1954.12.114

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Benesch 1973, undescribed

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

R.P. Roupell (Lugt 2234), NGA LJR (Lugt Supp.1932d)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1956

  • Masterpieces of Graphic Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1956, no cat.

  • Rembrandt, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands; and Museum Boymans, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1956, no. 145.

1958

  • Drawings and Prints by Rembrandt, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1958, no cat.

1960

  • Rembrandt Drawings from American Collections, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, NY; and Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1960, no. 45, repro.

1961

  • Masterpieces: A Memorial Exhibition for Adele R. Levy, Wildenstein & Co., New York, 1961, no. 68, repro.

1962

  • Drawings from the National Gallery of Art Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1962, no cat.

1966

  • Drawings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1966, no cat.

1969

  • Rembrandt After Three Hundred Years: An Exhibition of Rembrandt and His Followers, Art Institute of Chicago; Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Detroit Institute of Arts, 1969-1970, no. 118, repro.

  • Rembrandt in the National Gallery of Art [Commemorating the Tercentenary of the Artist's Death], National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1969, no. 32, 39, repro.

1977

  • Seventeenth-Century Dutch Drawings from American Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Denver Art Museum; and Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX, 1977, no. 35, repro.

1978

  • Master Drawings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art and Promised Gifts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978, p. 58.

1988

  • Landscape in Perspective: Drawings by Rembrandt and his Contemporaries, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; and Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1988, no. 68.

1990

  • Rembrandt's Landscapes: Drawings and Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1990, no. 63, repro.

2004

  • Rembrandt, Albertina, Vienna, 2004, no. 162.

2006

  • Strokes of Genius: Rembrandt's Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

2018

  • Water, Wind, and Waves: Marine Paintings from the Dutch Golden Age, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2018, unnumbered brochure.

Bibliography

1969

  • National Gallery of Art. Rembrandt in the National Gallery of Art: Commemorating the tercentenary of the artist's death. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1969: 39, no. 32, repro.

1973

  • Benesch, Otto. The Drawings of Rembrandt. 6 vols. London: Phaidon, 1973. (enlarged and edited by Eva Benesch from 1954-1957 ed.)

1977

  • Robinson 1977, 35.

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 668, no. 1062, color repro.

1990

  • Schneider, Cynthia P. Rembrandt's Landscapes: Prints and Drawings. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1990: no. 63.

1997

  • Richler, Martha. National Gallery of Art, Washington: A World of Art. London, 1997: 77, figs. 24 and 25.

2009

  • Slive, Seymour. Rembrandt Drawings. Los Angeles, 2009: no. 11.9

2014

  • Schatborn, Peter, and Lenore van Sloten. Oude Tekeningen, Nieuwe Namen: Rembrandt en Tijdgenoten. Amsterdam, 2014: under no. 42, and fig. 42a (as Jan Ruijscher).

Inscriptions

later hand, lower center verso in pen and ink: Rembrandt / [7.?]; lower left verso in graphite: 1.o 387.

Wikidata ID

Q64620312

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