Title

View of Haarlem from the Northwest, with the Bleaching Fields in the Foreground, c.1650-c.1682. Creator: Jacob van Ruisdael.

Caption

View of Haarlem from the Northwest, with the Bleaching Fields in the Foreground, c.1650-c.1682. A bleachfield or bleaching green was an open area used for spreading cloth on the ground to be purified and whitened by the action of sunlight.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM23A66_384

Model release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

59,1Mb (2,5Mb) / 14,2in x 16,1in / 4268 x 4836 (300dpi)

Keywords

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