From Schiphol Airport only 30 minutes by train or car to the Amsterdam central Station, from which our shop is nearby the 3rd stop of Tram 26.
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Piet Heinkade 233, 1019 HM Amsterdam, Netherlands
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The print shows the so-called Little Stink Mill, an actual windmill that stood on the De Passeerde bulwark along the city wall that ran down the west side of Amsterdam. The mill was owned by the Leathermakers Guild and its nickname derived from its activity of softening tanned leather by treating it with cod liver oil. In 1641 Rembrandt traced the mill and its surroundings in such detail that it seems likely he began the print on site and then finished it in the studio. Visible in the sky are diagonal striations that result from his having brushed acid over the surface of the printing plate for effect, and craquelure was more likely the result of an accident that occurred as the plate was being bitten by the acid.
Source: Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
There are versions with a chimney on the cottage roof, however this one is without. The print is in pretty good condition, but during time some brown colored by the sunlight. Framed behind glass in original wooden framing.
From Schiphol Airport only 30 minutes by train or car to the Amsterdam central Station, from which our shop is nearby the 3rd stop of Tram 26.
Only after appointment!