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Corner of the Herengracht and the Gasthuismolensteeg
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The painter and amateur photographer Breitner walked many miles in Amsterdam with his camera, sketchbook or paint box at hand. The absence of a central subject and abrupt cropping of his photographs deviated entirely from the norms of painting. Regardless of this, Breitner’s shots often served as inspiration for his paintings. The negatives and prints were discovered only forty years after his death.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineHoek van de Herengracht en de Gasthuismolensteeg. 1890 - 1900. George Hendrik Breitner. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
