Rijksmuseum

Langhuisboerderij met hooiberg in een polderlandschap

Date

c. 1652

Medium

cartridge paper, ink, chalk

Culture

Amsterdam

Institution

Rijksmuseum

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.

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