Landscape with a Square Tower
Date1650
Maker
Rembrandt van Rijn
Dutch, 1606-1669
Label TextRembrandt dramatized the quiet Dutch countryside by adding a ruined tower at the apex of a small rise. He exercised this artistic license in the studio, working from drawings that he made outdoors, using drypoint accents to deepen the shadows.
Object number35.189
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Durer, Rembrandt, and Goya: Old Masters Prints from the Seattle Art Museum Collection", May 31, 2001 - January 1, 2002 (5/31/2001 - 1/1/2002)Credit LineManson F. Backus Memorial Collection
Dimensions3 7/16 x 6 1/8 in. (8.8 x 15.6 cm)
MediumEtching and drypoint
Rembrandt van Rijn
1656
Object number: 51.245
Rembrandt van Rijn
Possibly reprint from original plate of 1642
Object number: 64.196
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