Oudezijds Achterburgwal, twee deuren in het midden [The Oudezijds Achterburgwal, with Two Doors in the Middle]
Willem Arnold Witsen
c. 1905/1906
![Oudezijds Achterburgwal, twee deuren in het midden [The Oudezijds Achterburgwal, with Two Doors in the Middle] by Willem Arnold Witsen](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/nga/thumb/oudezijds-achterburgwal-twee-deuren-in-het-midden-nga-209297.webp)
Medium
etching and aquatint on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 26.1 × 34.9 cm (10 1/4 × 13 3/4 in.) sheet: 49.2 × 68.4 cm (19 3/8 × 26 15/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
2017.27.1
About the Artist
Willem Arnold Witsen
Willem Arnoldus Witsen (1860–1923) was a Dutch painter, etcher, and photographer associated with the Amsterdam Impressionism movement and the Tachtigers literary circle. Born on August 13, 1860, in Amsterdam, Witsen came from a wealthy and historically prominent family dating back to the governing elite of the Dutch Golden Age, including ancestors Cornelis Jan Witsen and Nicolaes Witsen. This priv...