1645
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Noordenmarkt with the Noorden Kerk (De Noorder Marckt met de Kerck) is a 1645 ink by Nooms, called Zeeman, Reinier, a Baroque work, depicting Grote Kerk, held at National Gallery of Art.
This etching shows a quiet Amsterdam square with church steeples rising behind brick houses. The sun casts long shadows across cobblestones and a lone dog sniffs the ground. Nooms used etching to capture light and texture. He scratched lines into metal, then inked it to print. The lines feel scratchy and real, like you could reach in and touch the scene. A similar scratchy style appears in Rembrandt’s etchings.
Reinier Nooms (c. 1623 – 1664), also known as Zeeman or Seeman (Dutch for "sailor"), was a Dutch maritime painter known for his highly detailed paintings and etchings of ships. From the 1650s, Nooms started producing…
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