Landscape with a Square Tower

1650

Dutch, 1606-1669

Rembrandt 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.

Etching and drypoint

3 7/16 x 6 1/8 in. (8.8 x 15.6 cm)

Manson F. Backus Memorial Collection

35.189

Not currently on view

Resources

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)

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