REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn
(b. 1606, Leiden, d. 1669, Amsterdam)

The bend in the Amstel at Kostverloren, with horseriders

1651-52
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, white highlights, 136 x 147 mm
Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth

Catalogue number: Benesch 1265.

Around the mid-century, Rembrandt showed marked interest in a country estate, Kostverloren, a property on the Amstel River. According to tradition, the house was destroyed by fire in 1650.




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