Caption

View in the center of Nijkerk, The village of Nijkerk, print, c. 1700 - c. 1799, printmaker, paper, etching, height 161 mm x width 214 mm, church (exterior), village, two-wheeled vehicle drawn by one animal, Nijkerk, A sepia-toned etching shows a street scene dominated by a large Gothic church with tall pointed roofs and a central spire, flanked by smaller steeples and buttressed walls with arched windows; adjacent to the church are rows of narrow multi-story buildings with steep gabled roofs and rectangular windows, some with climbing vegetation on the facades. In the foreground a paved street runs past the buildings where small groups of people are gathered, including standing figures in long garments, seated figures, and a person pushing a cart; further back a carriage is visible near a tree-lined area. The sky is filled with finely hatched horizontal lines and soft, billowing clouds, and the overall composition is rendered with detailed linework and crosshatching.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B32_317

License type

Rights managed

Available size

45.7Mb (6.5Mb) / 15.5in x 11.5in / 4635 x 3446 (300dpi)

Keywords

View center Nijkerk village print c 1700 - c 1799 printmaker paper etching height 161 mm x width 214 mm church exterior two-wheeled vehicle drawn animal sepia-toned etching street scene dominated large Gothic church tall pointed roofs central spire flanked smaller steeples buttressed walls arched windows adjacent rows narrow multi-story buildings steep gabled rectangular windows climbing vegetation facades foreground paved street runs past buildings small groups people gathered standing figures long garments seated figures person pushing cart further back carriage visible near tree-lined area sky filled finely hatched horizontal lines soft billowing clouds composition rendered detailed linework crosshatching