Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

View of the Diemerdijk with a Milkman and Cottages

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669

View of the Diemerdijk with a Milkman and Cottages

ca. 1650
Etching and drypoint on paper.
66 x 174 mm
RvR 304
NHD number
NHD 255, III
Notes
Watermark: None.
A distant rising landscape added to the left hand background. Additional shading added to the water and the road in the bottom corner, on the ground between the farm and the water on the left, and on the side of the barn. The water in the dyke now reaches the strip of land leading from the gate to the farm. (White and Boon)
Provenance

Henry Danby Seymour (1820-1877), London and Trent; Theodore Irwin (1827-1902), Oswego, New York; form whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1900.

Associated names
Irwin, Theodore, 1827-1902, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Seymour, Henry Danby, 1820-1877, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
School