Landscape with a View toward Haarlem (The Goldweigher's Field)

1651

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The image shows a panoramic view from a slightly elevated position. The horizon is high with a town skyline featuring church spires and tall structures. The town, fields, trees, and buildings are all depicted with fine lines. The color palette is monochromatic in shades of black and gray on neutral paper. The artist employs delicate and precise linework to capture the landscape and architecture details.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of W.G. Russell Allen

  • Accession Number

    1955.6.14

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 234, State only

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1971

  • The Influence of Rembrandt on Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Landscape Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1971, no cat.

1996

  • Obras Maestras de la National Gallery of Art, Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City, 1996-1997, pp. 122-123, repro.

Bibliography

1923

  • Hind, Arthur M. A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings. London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1923.

1969

  • White, Christopher and Karel G. Boon. Rembrandt's Etchings. 2 vols. Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co., 1969.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Rembrandt, Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, authors). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1993-, no. 257, state only.

1996

  • Obras Maestras de la National Gallery of Art. Exh. cat. Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico City, 1996: 122-123.

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Wikidata ID

Q65364839

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