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Jews' Quarter, Amsterdam |  Art Institute of Chicago (1934.610) | |
| Number: | 449 | |
| Date: | 1889 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 132 x 221 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at upper left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 4 | |
| Catalogues: | K.415; M.412 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (4) | ||
TECHNIQUE
A complex network of etched lines of varying length, shape and strength, combined with patches of shading, create the the building, figures and reflections.
PRINTING
Jew's Quarter, Amsterdam is very rare. Four impressions have been located. They are printed with great sensitivity, one in black ink on ivory laid paper (
), another in dark brown ink on ivory Japanese paper (), and a cancelled impression in black on ivory wove paper ().
), another in dark brown ink on ivory Japanese paper (), and a cancelled impression in black on ivory wove paper ().