Gevel van een huis met een overdekte opgang 1838 - 1882

This is Jan Diederikus Kruseman’s etching "Gevel van een huis met een overdekte opgang". Kruseman was part of a generation deeply affected by social changes that included the abolition of slavery and the rise of industrialization, events that caused shifts in societal structure. Here, Kruseman gives us a glimpse into everyday life, focusing on a modest house with a covered entrance. At the forefront, a solitary woman stands, perhaps a resident or passerby, rendered with the same delicate attention as the architecture. The building seems to stand as a silent witness to these evolving social dynamics, a symbol of both stability and the quiet drama of ordinary lives.