A Farm on the Amsteldijk, Seen from the Northwest
Rembrandt van Rijn
1650/53
Medium
Pen and brown ink, with touches of brush and brown wash, on cream laid paper (discolored to tan)
Dimensions
15.1 × 25 cm (6 × 9 7/8 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
90534
About the Artist
Rembrandt van Rijn · 1606–1669
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606–1669) stands as one of the greatest visual artists in the history of Western art and the most important Dutch painter of the 17th century. Born in Leiden to a prosperous miller's family, Rembrandt transformed painting through his revolutionary use of light and shadow, his psychological depth in portraiture, and his elevation of etching to a fine art. His approx...