Gezicht op bolwerk Westerbeer

Gezicht op bolwerk Westerbeer

Albertus Brondgeest (signed by artist)

Details

Dimensions
height 249 mm x width 316 mm
Origin
Amsterdam
Holding institution
Rijksmuseum
Image provider
rijksmuseum
License
Public Domain
Credit
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Art Genome Taxonomy

6 tags

Subject Matter

  • The image depicts an expansive outdoor view organized around water, low terrain, embankments or walkways, vegetation, buildings, and windmills.

  • Atmospheric Landscapes Visual · 84%

    The distant trees, buildings, and windmills soften into a luminous, cloud-filled atmosphere, with tonal gradation creating spatial depth.

Visual Qualities

  • Earth Tones Visual · 82%

    The image uses a restrained palette of blue-gray, muted green, brown, ochre, and pale cream across the sky, water, land, and structures.

Medium and Techniques

  • Drawing Metadata · 99%

    The Rijksmuseum classifies the work as a drawing and records black chalk, brown pen, and brush in colors as the medium.

Time Periods

  • 19th Century Art Metadata · 87%

    The catalog dates the work 1796–1849, placing its execution substantially within the nineteenth century.

Geographic Regions

  • Dutch Art Metadata · 84%

    The catalog records Amsterdam as the place of origin and identifies the depicted site in the title as bolwerk Westerbeer, supporting a Dutch geographic context.

Source & rights

Albertus Brondgeest (signed by artist). Gezicht op bolwerk Westerbeer. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.