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The image shows a windmill and boats on a calm canal, with buildings and trees in the background. The etching technique creates detailed lines in a limited color palette of browns and beiges. The scene conveys a serene and timeless atmosphere.
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The image shows a windmill and boats on a calm canal, with buildings and trees in the background. The etching technique creates detailed lines in a limited color palette of browns and beiges. The scene conveys a serene and timeless atmosphere.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A Haarlem

Maxime Lalanne

Date
1877
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
image: 20.9 × 30.5 cm (8 1/4 × 12 in.) sheet: 38 × 53 cm (14 15/16 × 20 7/8 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1950.16.88
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • Boats
  • Water
  • Boat
  • Windmill
  • City
  • Drawbridge
  • Building
  • Figures
  • Mast
  • Canal
Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1932d ); gift to National Gallery of Art, 1943.

Inscription

in image lower right: lalanne; lower left: à Haarlem; bottom right in graphite: X; bottom left: 28

NGA object ID 39023. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.