Near Dordrecht
About this artwork
This landscape shows an area of peat bogs and reed beds which was prone to flooding, and was used mainly for fishing and sailing. The canes were harvested for thatching roofs. The windmill is typical of those in the Rijnland area. Weissenbruch worked in that area from the late 1870s onwards. The reeds, waterlilies and clear light in this painting suggest it was completed in late summer or early autumn, a time of year which Weissenbruch generally favoured. The marshy landscape with its maze of narrow waterways was difficult to negotiate on foot and it is likely that Weissenbruch worked on the panel out of doors from a boat.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Hendrik Johannes (J.H.) Weissenbruch (1824 - 1903) Dutch
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title:Near Dordrecht
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date created:1875 - 1903
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materials:Oil on panel
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measurements:23.20 x 41.30 cm; Framed: 67.31 x 49.53 x 8.89 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Bequest of Hugh A Laird 1911
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accession number:NG 1062
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
Hendrik Johannes (J.H.) Weissenbruch
Hendrik Johannes (J.H.) Weissenbruch
Johan Hendrik Weissenbruch was born into an artistic family in The Hague. He received his first drawing lessons when he was sixteen, three years later he enrolled in evening classes at the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague. His early work consists mostly of cityscapes, executed in intense detail....