Caption

The Cotton Printing House Buytedruk, with the Little Tower, at the front of the road to Amstelveen, seen from the rear, View of the rear of the cotton printing house Buytedruk on the Amstelveenseweg, print, printmaker: Abraham Rademaker (possibly), c. 1730, paper, etching, height 132 mm x width 181 mm, canals, waters (in city), cotton (material, textile industry), Amsterdam, Amstelveenseweg, Schinkel, A riverside scene rendered in fine linework showing a large multiwinged building with a pitched tiled roof and a central tower topped by a slender spire, flanked by trees and smaller structures; boats occupy the water in the foreground, including a covered passenger boat with people aboard, a smaller rowed boat with figures, and a sailing vessel with a tall sail at the right edge; figures appear on the grassy riverbank and near the water engaging in various activities; the sky above contains horizontal cloud bands and scattered small birds.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B33_207

License type

Rights managed

Available size

41.3Mb (10.2Mb) / 14.9in x 10.8in / 4464 x 3232 (300dpi)

Keywords

Cotton Printing House Buytedruk Little Tower front road Amstelveen rear View cotton printing house Buytedruk Amstelveenseweg print printmaker Abraham Rademaker c 1730 paper etching height 132 mm x width 181 mm canals waters in city cotton material textile industry Amsterdam Schinkel riverside scene rendered fine linework showing large multiwinged building pitched tiled roof central tower topped slender spire flanked trees smaller structures boats occupy water foreground covered passenger boat people aboard smaller rowed boat figures sailing vessel tall sail right edge grassy riverbank near water engaging various activities sky contains horizontal cloud bands scattered small birds