The image depicts a waterfront scene with buildings, trees, a church spire on the horizon, and boats in the water. The artwork showcases a precise etching style with detailed lines, cross-hatching for shading, and a monochrome color palette of black and white tones. Small boats are visible on the left side of the image under a cloudy sky.
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The Night-Boats to The Hague, Delft, and Amsterdam

Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman (Dutch, 1623 or 1624 - 1664)

publisher Cornelis Danckerts I (Dutch, c.1601 - 1656)

c. 1652/1654

Medium
etching with drypoint on laid paper
Classification
Print
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
The J. and H. Weldon Foundation Inc. and Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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