Provenance
Jan Pieteresz. Zoomer (1641–1724), Amsterdam [stamp (Lugt 1511), recto, lower left, in black]. Baron Jan Gijsbert Verstolk van Soelen (1776–1845), The Hague and Soelen [Duthuit 1885]. Jacob de Vos Jacobszoon (1803–1882), Amsterdam [stamp (Lugt 1450), verso, lower left, in black]; sold, Amsterdam, May 22–24, 1883, lot 393, to Verstolk [Dutuit 1885]. Sir Francis Seymour Haden (1818–1910), London [stamp (Lugt 1227), verso, lower left, in black]; sold, Sotheby's, London, May 15, 1891, lot 571, to Frederick Keppel [letter from Richard Zinser dated May 10, 1953]. Alfred Strölin (1871–1954) or his son Alfred Strölin (1912–1974), Paris and Lausanne, by 1913 [Societé 1913]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1953.
Accession Number
90534
Medium
Pen and brown ink, with touches of brush and brown wash, on cream laid paper (discolored to tan)
Dimensions
15.1 × 25 cm (6 × 9 7/8 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Credit Line
Clarence Buckingham Collection
Background & Context
Background Story
Rembrandt's A Farm on the Amsteldijk is a landscape drawing showing a farm along the Amstel River near Amsterdam. Rembrandt was a master of landscape drawing, capturing the flat Dutch countryside with rapid, expressive strokes.
Cultural Impact
Rembrandt's landscape drawings capture the Dutch countryside with immediacy.
Why It Matters
This farm scene captures the Dutch landscape with Rembrandt's expressive line.
