Canal at Utrecht

1771, published 1787

Cornelis Ploos van Amstel (editor) and Bernhard Schreuder (printmaker), after Jacob Esselens

Associated Names
Cornelis Ploos van Amstel

Editor, Dutch, 1726 - 1798

Bernhard Schreuder

Artist, Dutch, died 1780

Jacob Esselens

Artist After, Dutch, 1626 - 1687

The image shows a river or canal with boats on the water and a line of trees on the far shore. The drawing is done in soft pencil strokes with a limited color palette of grey. A person is in a small boat in the foreground, while larger boats with figures are moored at the bank. The sky has clouds and birds.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chalk manner and roulette printed in black ink on laid paper with some hand-coloring in light gray wash

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Sherwood B. Smith, Jr.

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 16.8 × 27 cm (6 5/8 × 10 5/8 in.) cut within platemark

  • Accession Number

    1977.67.17

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Laurentius et al. 1980, no. 46, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Johannes Lublink II [1736-1816] (handwritten dedication)

Associated Names

Bibliography

1980

  • Laurentius, Th. et al. Cornelis Ploos van Amstel 1726-1798, kunstverzamelaar en prentuitgever. Assen: Van Gorcum, 1980.

Inscriptions

lower right in image: J.E.; verso in upper right corner: Geoffrered aan mynen Vriend ! / den Kunstlievenden Heer / Joh: Lublink dj / Amsterdam 18 Oct 1787; verso along bottom in brown ink: Jacob Esselen del / Ploos van Amstel J.C. Fecit 1771

Markings

verso: artist's mark (Eusman 4)

Wikidata ID

Q65567258

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