View of Den Hoorn
- Date
- 1761
- Material
- Graphite and grey wash
- made in
- Den Hoorn, Noord-Holland province, Netherlands, Europe
- Classification
- Drawings & watercolors
- Collection
- Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 in. (13.4 x 21.6 cm)
- Credit Line
- Funds given by Lucian Guy Blackmer
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 59:1952
NOTES
Sand dunes rise in the background of this landscape sketch, protecting the small village from the waves that buffet its shores on the North Sea. John Greenwood visited Den Hoorn, or The Horn, located about two hours north of Amsterdam, while touring scenic areas in the Netherlands.
Was Greenwood an American artist? In 1753 at age 25, he left his burgeoning career as a portraitist in Boston, never to return to North America. Over the next four decades, he worked as a painter, engraver, art dealer, and auctioneer, first in Suriname in South America and then in the cosmopolitan centers of Amsterdam and London. Operating at the intersection of the British and Dutch empires, Greenwood’s personal history demonstrates the interconnected networks around the Atlantic Ocean in the 18th century.
Was Greenwood an American artist? In 1753 at age 25, he left his burgeoning career as a portraitist in Boston, never to return to North America. Over the next four decades, he worked as a painter, engraver, art dealer, and auctioneer, first in Suriname in South America and then in the cosmopolitan centers of Amsterdam and London. Operating at the intersection of the British and Dutch empires, Greenwood’s personal history demonstrates the interconnected networks around the Atlantic Ocean in the 18th century.
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