Carts on a Path through the Woods after a painting in the collection of the Duc de Choiseul
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 5 5/16 x 6 15/16 in. (13.5 x 17.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession Number
49.95.1450
Tags
Art Historical Context
This delicate etching and engraving from 1771 captures a serene woodland scene of carts and carriages winding along a wooded path, accompanied by horses and figures. Created by an anonymous French printmaker after an original painting by Jan Brueghel the Elder in the collection of the Duc de Choiseul, the work translates the Flemish master’s celebrated attention to natural detail into a reproducible format. Brueghel, active in the early seventeenth century, was renowned for his lush landscapes that blended precise botanical observation with lively human activity. Prints such as this played a ...