View of Diemen

c. 1655

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The scene in the image depicts a landscape viewed from a slightly elevated angle. A path curves through the image, with the horizon high and featuring faint outlines of structures such as buildings and a church with a spire, partly concealed by trees. The style is expressive, with loose brushstrokes or pencil marks indicating figures and structures. The color scheme is primarily earthy tones like browns and grays, imparting a vintage look. Close to us are vague forms suggesting figures on a path, leading to a more outlined yet still rough illustration of buildings and trees in the distance for depth and perspective.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown wash

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (lower right corner rounded): 9 x 22.4 cm (3 9/16 x 8 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7049

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Benesch 1973, no. 1360

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

A. Firmin-Didot (Lugt 119); Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt Supp.1760b); given to the National Gallery of Art, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1930

  • Rembrandt Etchings: Lent by Mr. Lessing J. Rosenwald, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1930.

  • Prints and Drawings by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) from the Collections of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Pennsylvania Museum of Art, 1930, (as Landscape at the Deimerdeich).

1936

  • Rembrandt and his Circle, Worcester Art Museum, MA, 1936, no. 63 (not shown at Art Institute of Chicago venue).

1947

  • Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Frans Hals and Rembrandt, Los Angeles County Museum, 1947, no. 5.

1950

  • Masterpieces of Drawing: Diamond Jubilee Exhibition, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1950-1951, no. 54, repro.

1953

  • Landscape Drawings & Water-colors: Bruegel to Cézanne, Pierpont Morgan Library, 1953, no. 66.

  • Masterpieces of Graphic Art from the Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1953-1954, no cat.

1954

  • Drawings and Watercolors by Flemish and Dutch Masters, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1954.

1956

  • Masterpieces of Graphic Art from the Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1956, no cat.

  • Rembrandt and His Pupils, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, 1956, no. 4.

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. 58, 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 in the National Gallery of Art [Commemorating the Tercentenary of the Artist's Death], National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1969, no. 34, 39, repro.

  • 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. 134, 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 (as Diemerdeich).

2006

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

Bibliography

1947

  • Tietze 1947, 73.

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. 34, repro.

1973

  • Benesch, Otto. The Drawings of Rembrandt. 6 vols. London: Phaidon, 1973. (enlarged and edited by Eva Benesch from 1954-1957 ed.): no. 1360

Wikidata ID

Q64620309

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