![Max Liebermann - The Ropewalk in Edam [1904]](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3930/15180215559_26ea4e0838_o.jpg)
Liebermann (German, 1847 - 1935) painted The Ropewalk in Edam during a visit to the small Dutch town, situated near the Zuider Zee about thirteen miles northeast of Amsterdam. The painting illustrates labourers manufacturing rope by twisting together strands of fibre. The work was done along a path known as a ropewalk. In the background is the canal that links Edam to the Zuider Zee.
[Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York - Oil on canvas, 101 x 71.1 cm]