Cottage with a white paling

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

A thatched cottage, surrounded by a high white paling and shaded by two trees stands at the border of a pool in which two ducks are seen swimming. In the right distance is a farm wagon, and two horses; in the left distance, a windmill.

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Title: Cottage with a white paling
Creator: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, Dutch, 1606–1669
Date Created: 1642
Location Created: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
Medium: Etching on white paper
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Leo Wallerstein

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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