The Muiderpoort, Amsterdam, seen from the Plantage
1771
Medium
Black chalk, pen and brown and gray ink and watercolor.
Dimensions
10 x 14 5/16 in. (25.4 x 36.3 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1991
Accession Number
1991.61
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into 18th-century Amsterdam with Hendrick Keun's delicate drawing *The Muiderpoort, Amsterdam, seen from theage* (1771). intimate cityscape captures the newly constructed neoclassical Muiderpo gate—a grand entrance to the city built just a few years earlier by architect Abraham van der Hart—from the leafy Plantage district. Keun, a Dutch draughtsman known for his precise topographical views, renders the bustling scene with bridges arching over waterways, leafy trees framing the composition, boats gliding by, and distant windmills dotting the horizon, evoking the vibrant, watery heart of t...