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Longhouse Farm with Haystack in a Polder Landscape
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Next to a lopsided haystack Rembrandt sketched a ‘langhuisboerderij’ (‘longhouse-farmstead’). These farms contain a dwelling with a fireplace on one side, and a cow shed on the short side. They were made of wood and had thatched roofs, with a smoke hole in the roof ridge. These farms were typical of the area north of the IJ estuary, such as the Zaan region and the small villages in Holland on the Zuiderzee.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineLanghuisboerderij met hooiberg in een polderlandschap. c. 1652. Rembrandt van Rijn. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
