Town on the River Niers

1616

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 6 7/16 × 9 3/16 in. (16.3 × 23.4 cm) Plate: 4 13/16 × 7 7/16 in. (12.2 × 18.9 cm)
Collection no.: 49.50.407(2)
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Town on the River Niers — Jan van de Velde II. 1616.

Medium: Etching. Dimensions: Sheet: 6 7/16 × 9 3/16 in. (16.3 × 23.4 cm) Plate: 4 13/16 × 7 7/16 in. (12.2 × 18.9 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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