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The Rokin
Also titled Het Rokin
George Hendrik Breitner (Rotterdam, 1857–1923)
c. 1880 - c. 1923
- Medium
- panel, pencil, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 27.5 cm x width 39.5 cm x depth 1 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- M.C.J. Breitner-Jordan Bequest, Zeist
- 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
Horses were Breitner’s first subject and remained a life-long passion. This sketch shows how he made a preliminary lay-out of a cityscape. He did this on the spot, using a small panel that fit into the lid of his painter’s box. He depicted the two horses and the horse tram, as well as the contours of the houses, with swift strokes in brown tints over the summary underdrawing.
