Caption

View of the church and churchyard at Sloten, The Church of Slooten with It Elegantly Planted Churchyard, print, printmaker: Abraham Rademaker (possibly), c. 1727, paper, etching, height 136 mm x width 185 mm, church (exterior), Amsterdam, Sloten (Amsterdam), A detailed black and white illustration shows a church with a steep tiled roof and tall arched windows, a square tower topped by a slender spire, and a small entrance porch; the church is surrounded by a fenced yard with numerous trees of varying heights whose foliage forms a canopy; small groups of people are scattered around the grounds, some standing and conversing near the fence, others near the church wall, and a few seated or working on the grass; in the foreground rectangular sheets or cloths are laid out on the ground with figures attending them; simple houses with pitched roofs appear beyond the trees at the left and right edges; birds are visible in the sky and the scene is bordered by a thin decorative frame.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B33_188

License type

Rights managed

Available size

42.5Mb (11.8Mb) / 15.0in x 11.0in / 4510 x 3292 (300dpi)

Keywords

View church churchyard Sloten Church Slooten Elegantly Planted Churchyard print printmaker Abraham Rademaker c 1727 paper etching height 136 mm x width 185 mm exterior Amsterdam detailed black white illustration steep tiled roof tall arched windows square tower topped slender spire small entrance porch surrounded fenced yard numerous trees varying heights foliage forms canopy small groups people scattered grounds standing conversing near fence near church wall seated working grass foreground rectangular sheets cloths laid ground figures attending them simple houses pitched roofs beyond trees left right edges birds visible sky scene bordered thin decorative frame