Caption

Reed cutter in front of the ruin of Huis Snaatburg in Maarssen, print, printmaker: Anthonie van den Bos, Netherlands, 1801, paper, etching, height 175 mm x width 206 mm, ruin of a dwelling, house, castle, reeds, rushes, building material, Maarssen, A detailed line drawing shows a rustic scene with crumbling brick walls and a steep, partially collapsed gable topped by a small wooden bell-like structure, adjacent to a tile-roofed outbuilding and wooden fence panels; leaning against the ruins are bundled long objects bound together, and in front of the structures are scattered tools including a small handcart and coiled ropes, with low vegetation and patches of grass on the ground; to the right, leafy trees rise behind the walls, and the sky above is filled with horizontal hatch marks suggesting clouds.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B34_308

License type

Rights managed

Available size

54.4Mb (5.4Mb) / 16.2in x 13.0in / 4860 x 3912 (300dpi)

Keywords

Reed cutter front ruin Huis Snaatburg Maarssen print printmaker Anthonie van den Bos Netherlands 1801 paper etching height 175 mm x width 206 mm dwelling house castle reeds rushes building material detailed line drawing rustic scene crumbling brick walls steep partially collapsed gable topped small wooden bell- structure adjacent tile-roofed outbuilding wooden fence panels leaning ruins bundled long objects bound together structures scattered tools small handcart coiled ropes low vegetation patches grass ground right leafy trees rise walls sky filled horizontal hatch marks suggesting clouds