The City Walls of Utrecht by the "Plompetoren"
Paulus van Liender Dutch, 1731-1797
1763
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Archival matte paper, 189 g/m² (10.3 mil), sourced from Japan, printed with multicolor water-based inkjet so every brushstroke stays crisp. Framed prints arrive ready to hang in a .75″ ayous-wood frame with an acrylite front.
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About this work
Delicately and fastidiously wrought, this view of the bend in a canal documents a specific place and time. Liender, who preferred topographical and architectural subjects throughout his career, drew this view of the Utrecht city walls with the Plompetoren (Hulking Tower) on several occasions. The knife-edge precision in varying the saturation of the ink and wash helps create the illusion of the glassy surface of the canal at the lower center of this drawing. Despite the care with which the structures and foliage are depicted, more than half of the drawn sheet is devoted to an ethereal description of light and air.
- Artist
- Paulus van Liender Dutch, 1731-1797
- Date
- 1763
- Medium
- Pen and black ink, with brush and gray wash, on ivory laid paper
- Origin
- Netherlands
- Collection
- Prints and Drawings
- Reference
- 2013.971 · Art Institute of Chicago