A Woman Standing by a Seated Man
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 5 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. (13.9 x 17.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.566
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
BuildingsMenWomen
About the Artist
Thomas Wijck · 1616–1677
**Thomas Wijck** (also spelled Wijk or Wyck; 1616–1677) was a Dutch Golden Age painter renowned for his Italianate port scenes, genre paintings, and depictions of alchemists and scholars. Born in Beverwijk into an artist family, he received his initial training from his father before traveling to Italy around 1640. There he spent time in Rome and the environs of Naples, producing numerous sketches...