View Looking South Along the Amsteldijk, with a Man Sitting on a Sluice Gate Near a Farmstead is a 1653 by Rembrandt, a Baroque work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This sketch shows a lone figure sitting on a low wall by a narrow waterway. Tall reeds and a few trees line the banks, while a distant farmstead and more trees fade into the horizon. The lines are loose and quick, with lots of shading to show light and shadow. The drawing looks like a rough study—almost like a quick note to remember a scene. It’s not polished, which makes it feel real and immediate. If you like this style, check out cross-hatching to see how artists build depth with lines.
A man stands beside a sluice gate in a low, open landscape, positioned just right of a cluster of tall trees and shrubbery, while a farmstead with surrounding trees appears to the right. The work was once owned by Jonathan Richardson, later passing through William Esdaile before entering the collection of Miss Emily Dalton, who bequeathed it to the museum.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), known mononymously as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and draughtsman.
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