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Polder Landscape
The Dutch landscape is defined by its extensive lowlands, as Jan van Goyen painted here. Much of the countryside consists of polders. The water level inside these areas surrounded by dikes is regulated with the help of mills. Schiphol Airport, too, is located in such a polder, approximately four metres below sea level. Before it was empoldered in the 19th century there was a large body of water he…
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- Gift of H.W.A. Deterding, London
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 1644
- 1644
Place-Time
- second quarter 17th century
Provenance
- ...; sale, F.C. Pawle (†) (Northcote, Reigate, Surrey) et al. [anonymous section], London (Christie's), 20 March 1925, no. 131, £ 241.10, to H.M. Clark;{Copy RKD; Note RMA.}...; donated by Sir Henri W.A. Deterding (1866-1939), London, with XX other paintings, to the museum, 1936
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.8560
- SK-A-3249
Extent
- height 22 cm
- width 33.2 cm
Format
- panel
- oil paint (paint)
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Year
- 1644
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:15:05.939Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:37:45.356Z