Max Liebermann

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The Ropewalk in Edam by Max Liebermann, 1904

The Ropewalk in Edam

Metropolitan Museum of Art · wikidata.org

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A ropewalk is just a very long straight lane — apparently the rope has to be stretched out full length before it can be twisted, so the workshop ends up being the length of the rope. He spent summers over in Holland for years, painting the same small trades again and again.