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A Town Gate in Leerdam
Also titled Een stadspoort in Leerdam
Jan Weissenbruch (The Hague, 1822–1880)
c. 1868 - c. 1870
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 77 cm x width 104 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
About this work
Weissenbruch was partial to small Dutch towns where the 17th century was still palpable. The degree of detail in this townscape suggests that he painted it from life. However, because the exterior of the gate was more interesting, he simply turned it around. Moreover, the moment he portrayed was not chosen randomly. The sun shines brightly again after a rain shower, bathing everything in a crisp light.
