Boerderij op de Diemerdijk
Pieter de With
ca. 1650 - ca. 1660
Medium
etching
Dimensions
207; 78
About this artwork
verzamelaarsmerk, verso linksonder, gestempeld: Lugt 240
Art Historical Context
**Boerderij op deerdijk** is a delicate etching by Pieter de With a Dutch artist active during the Golden Ageca. 1650–1660). This small panoramic print (78 × 207 mm) captures a humble farmstead along the Diemerdijk, historic dike near Amsterdam in the Netherlands. De With, known for his precise landscapes and rural vignettes, reflects the era's fascination with the flat, watery Dutch countryside—reclaimed through ingenious engineering. Such scenes celebrated everyday life amid polders and waterways, evoking the prosperity and resilience of 17th-century Holland. Etching, de With's favored medi...