'Het Huys te Westerbeeck' , in: Tooneel Der Voornaamste Nederlands Huizen, En Lust Hoven, Naar T Leven Afgebeeld
n.d.
Medium
Color engraving (à la poupée)
Dimensions
Plate: 4 3/16 × 6 3/8 in. (10.7 × 16.2 cm)
Classification
Books|Ornament & Architecture|Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1937
Accession Number
37.48(20)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the opulent world of 17th-century Dutch country estates with *Het Huys te Westereck*, a delicate color engraving by Carel Allard, featured in his publication *Tooneel Der Voornaamste Nederlands Huizen, En Lust Hoven, Naar T Leven Afgebeeld ("Theater of the Most Prominent Houses and Pleasure Gardens, Depicted from Life"). This intimate plate captures the grand facade of Westerbeeck House, a stately palace surrounded by manicured gardens, with tiny human figures animating the scene—perhaps strolling visitors or staff, evoking the leisurely life of the Dutch elite during the Golden Age....