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City Walls in Winter  1650

by Willem Schellinks

A canal running alongside a fortified city disappears into the distance, the city walls in ruins and the bridge
collapsed. In the background at right is a glowing furnace, where marble is burned to make chalk. These motifs, often found in paintings by Dutch Italianates, have here been shifted to a cold wintery day.
Credit: 
Courtesy of Rijksmuseum