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The Handboogstraat, Amsterdam
attributed to George Hendrik Breitner, c. 1890 - 1897-05-11
They were called peintre-photographes: painters who took up photography as amateurs. One of them was Breitner, who owned various cameras. He used photography primarily to capture the dynamism of life on the street. He scoured the city all day long, recording figures and situations in thousands of photographs. Here he shot a woman and some children sitting on a flight of steps.
- Artwork typephotograph
- Object numberRP-F-00-631
- Dimensionsheight 304 mm x width 397 mm, height 398 mm x width 449 mm
- Physical characteristicsontwikkelgelatinezilverdruk