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 displays a rural landscape. The horizon is filled with trees and structures, including a building with a weather vane. Open fields are detailed with a variety of lines and textures, creating depth and shadow. The image is monochromatic and relies on line work for its visual impact. In the distance, there are clusters of trees and structures suggesting a more developed area.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper [counterproof]

  • Credit Line

    Print Purchase Fund (Rosenwald Collection)

  • Dimensions

    Overall: 11.9 x 32.1 cm (4 11/16 x 12 5/8 in.)
    overall: 12.2 x 32.2 cm (4 13/16 x 12 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1968.4.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 234, State only (counter proof)

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1969

  • Rembrandt: Experimental Etcher, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, NY, 1969-1970, no. 30, repro.

2006

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

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 (counterproof).

Watermarks

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Wikidata ID

Q65511752

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