Caption

View of Duurstede Castle in Wijk bij Duurstede, The house of Wyk te Duurstede seen on its left side, print, book illustration, printmaker: Jacobus Schijnvoet, publisher: Pieter de Coup, Amsterdam, 1711, paper, etching, height 138 mm x width 177 mm, A wide riverside scene rendered in fine linework showing a large stone building with battlements, towers, chimneys, steeply pitched roofs with dormer windows, and a round corner turret on the right, positioned at the water’s edge with its base extending into the river; a wooden bridge and smaller structures sit farther back along the shoreline to the left of the main building, with a distant cluster of trees and a low wall or embankment curving along the riverbank; in the foreground figures walk and fish along a sandy shore, some standing together and others handling long fishing poles, while the water reflects horizontal line shading and the sky is filled with parallel hatching and soft cloud shapes.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B32_475

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39.3Mb (10.7Mb) / 14.1in x 10.9in / 4216 x 3262 (300dpi)

Keywords

View Duurstede Castle Wijk bij Duurstede house Wyk te Duurstede left side print book illustration printmaker Jacobus Schijnvoet publisher Pieter de Coup Amsterdam 1711 paper etching height 138 mm x width 177 mm wide riverside scene rendered fine linework showing large stone building battlements towers chimneys steeply pitched roofs dormer windows round corner turret right positioned water’s edge base extending river wooden bridge smaller structures sit farther back shoreline left main building distant cluster trees low wall embankment curving riverbank foreground figures walk fish sandy shore standing together handling long fishing poles water reflects horizontal line shading sky filled parallel hatching soft cloud shapes