Canal at Utrecht

Niederländische Grafik 1730–1914, 1771, published 1787

The image shows a river or canal with boats on the water and a line of trees on the far shore. The drawing is done in soft pencil strokes with a limited color palette of grey. A person is in a small boat in the foreground, while larger boats with figures are moored at the bank. The sky has clouds and birds.
Artist
Niederländische Grafik 1730–1914
Date
1771, published 1787
Type
Print
Medium
chalk manner and roulette printed in black ink on laid paper with some hand-coloring in light gray wash
Dimensions
16.8 × 27 cm cut within platemark
Collection
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Licence
Public domain, CC0

Image description

The image shows a river or canal with boats on the water and a line of trees on the far shore. The drawing is done in soft pencil strokes with a limited color palette of grey. A person is in a small boat in the foreground, while larger boats with figures are moored at the bank. The sky has clouds and birds.

Niederländische Grafik 1730–1914