Caption

View of houses and a bridge in Amsterdam, print, printmaker: Willem Witsen, Amsterdam, c. 1915 - c. 1919, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, aquatint, soft-ground etching, plate tone and soft-ground varnish, height 236 mm x width 186 mm, urban housing, canals, waters (in city), bridge, A sepia-toned scene of tall, narrow buildings with steep gabled roofs clustered along a canal, their dark facades and window openings rendered with dense crosshatching, a curved stone bridge crossing the water in the foreground, a few small silhouetted figures walking near the buildings, a single lamp post on the bridge, and faint reflections of the architecture visible on the water's surface under a textured, empty sky.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B35_191

License type

Rights managed

Available size

34.4Mb (10.7Mb) / 10.3in x 13.0in / 3080 x 3901 (300dpi)

Keywords

View houses bridge Amsterdam print printmaker Willem Witsen c 1915 - c 1919 paper etching intaglio printmaking technique aquatint soft-ground etching plate tone soft-ground varnish height 236 mm x width 186 mm urban housing canals waters in city sepia-toned scene tall narrow buildings steep gabled roofs clustered canal dark facades window openings rendered dense crosshatching curved stone crossing water foreground small silhouetted figures walking near buildings single lamp post faint reflections architecture visible water's surface under textured empty sky