Farms, cattle with herdsmen and milkmaids in the foreground from Multifariarum casularum ruriumque lineamenta curiose ad vivum expressa
Medium
Etching; fourth state of five
Dimensions
Sheet: 5 5/16 x 7 1/2 in. (13.5 x 19.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1939
Accession Number
39.94.3
Tags
Art Historical Context
This enchanting etching, *Farms, cattle withmen and milkmaids the foreground*, is a gem from the 1559–61 series *Multifariarumularum ruriumqueamenta curiose vivum expressa* ("Various depictions of farm and rural scenes accurately drawn life"). Created collaboratively by master printmakers Johannes and Lucas van Doetec, alongside influences from Pieter Bruegel Elder, Cornelis Cort, Hieronym Cock, and the anonymous "Master of the Small Landscapes," it captures the bustling rhythm of 16th-century Flemish countryside life. In the foreground, herdsmen and milkmaids tend to cows amid fertile farms, ...
About the Artist
Johannes van Doetecum I|Lucas van Doetecum|The Master of the Small Landscapes|Pieter Bruegel the Elder|Cornelis Cort|Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish|Netherlandish) · 1528 |1527 –1605 |1606
Netherlandish, 1528/32–1605|Netherlandish, Leeuwarden 1527–1606 (?) Antwerp (?)