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To be Sold on Behalf of the Dutch State — A View of Amsterdam from the Kadijk

To be Sold on Behalf of the Dutch State

A View of Amsterdam from the Kadijk

This etching depicting 'A View of Amsterdam from the Kadijk' dates to circa 1641 and represents a fine atmospheric impression of the city. The print showcases rich foreground details, sulfur-tinted sky, and characteristic wiping marks of the period.

Medium
Etching, circa 1641, a fine, atmospheric impression of New Hollstein's only state, rich and black in the foreground, printing with great clarity in the background, sulphur tinting in the sky at left and many vertical wiping marks in the sky, particularly at right, on paper with a partial Arms of Amsterdam watermark (Ash & Fletcher Fb, Hinterding F.a-c)

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Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries

July 3, 2024

Estimate: $70,000$100,000

Lot 67

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To be Sold on Behalf of the Dutch State, A View of Amsterdam from the Kadijk

This etching depicting 'A View of Amsterdam from the Kadijk' dates to circa 1641 and represents a fine atmospheric impression of the city. The print showcases rich foreground details, sulfur-tinted sky, and characteristic wiping marks of the period.

Medium
Etching, circa 1641, a fine, atmospheric impression of New Hollstein's only state, rich and black in the foreground, printing with great clarity in the background, sulphur tinting in the sky at left and many vertical wiping marks in the sky, particularly at right, on paper with a partial Arms of Amsterdam watermark (Ash & Fletcher Fb, Hinterding F.a-c)
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Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Atmospheric, Etching, Baroque, Cityscape, Landscape, Dutch, Amsterdam, Black, Architecture, Seventeenth Century

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