River with Town

1775

Cornelis Ploos van Amstel (editor) and Bernhard Schreuder (printmaker), after Pieter Coopse

Associated Names
Cornelis Ploos van Amstel

Editor, Dutch, 1726 - 1798

Bernhard Schreuder

Artist, Dutch, died 1780

Pieter Coopse

Artist After, Dutch, active 1672 - 1677 or after

The image shows a riverscape with a low vantage point looking out over the water. The horizon is low, revealing buildings and a structure that looks like a church with a spire. In the foreground, a person is in a rowboat facing left. Further back, two sailboats are anchored, and more boats can be seen in the distance. The scene is rendered in soft graphite with varying intensities to show depth and distance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with some roulette and burnishing printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 11 × 22 cm (4 5/16 × 8 11/16 in.) cut within platemark

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7001

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Laurentius et al. 1980, no. 24, State undescribed (between i and ii)

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1945

  • Color Prints and Color Printing: Original Works by Old and Modern Masters, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1945.

Bibliography

1980

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

Inscriptions

lower right in image: P Coopse f; verso in center in graphite: Geoffererd aan myne / Vriend de kunstlievende Ed Heer L... / Ploos vAmstel J C; verso along bottom in graphite: ... / Ploos vanAmstel JC

Wikidata ID

Q65019293

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