Landscape with a Square Tower
Medium
etching
Dimensions
88; 156
About this artwork
verzamelaarsmerk, verso linksonder, gestempeld: Lugt 240
Art Historical Context
**Landscape with a Square Tower is a captivating etching by the Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn, created around 1650 during the height of the Dutch Golden Age. Measuring just 88 mm high by 156 mm wide, this intimate print exemplifies Rembrandt's profound interest in landscape as a genre, moving beyond his renowned portraits and biblical scenes. The work features a pastoral vista dominated by a sturdy square tower, evoking flat, watery expanses of the Dutch countryside that symbolized national pride and prosperity in the 17th century. Rembrandt was a pioneering etcher, renowned for his innovat...
About the Artist
Rembrandt van Rijn · 1606–1669
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606–1669) stands as one of the greatest visual artists in the history of Western art and the most important Dutch painter of the 17th century. Born in Leiden to a prosperous miller's family, Rembrandt transformed painting through his revolutionary use of light and shadow, his psychological depth in portraiture, and his elevation of etching to a fine art. His approx...