Antwerp Harbour
by DÜRER, Albrecht, Pen drawing, 213 x 283 mm
This drawing is from the artist’s sketchbook of his trip to the Netherlands. The waterfront is seen from an elevation; the pictorial technique is lively and bold. The reduction in the size of the objects due to perspective, as seen in the ships, generates a vivid feeling of depth, all the more because the right foreground was never elaborated.