Landscape with a Hunting Party
Barend Cornelis Koekkoek
19th century
Medium
Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, over graphite
Dimensions
sheet: 8 1/16 x 10 1/2 in. (20.4 x 26.7 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2007
Accession Number
2007.100
Tags
HorsesMenPartyHuntingLandscapes
About the Artist
Barend Cornelis Koekkoek · 1803–1862
Barend Cornelis Koekkoek, born on October 11, 1803, in Middelburg, Netherlands, emerged from a prolific family of artists as the son of marine painter Johannes Hermanus Koekkoek and Anna van Koolwijk. His brothers—Hermanus, Johannes, and Marinus Adrianus—also pursued painting, specializing in marine and river scenes or decorative works. Koekkoek received his earliest training from his father befor...