Liggend schaap, bij knotwilg
Marcus de Bye
1660
Medium
etching
Dimensions
147; 118
About this artwork
width 147 mm
Art Historical Context
**Liggend schaap, bij knotwilg (Reclining Sheep, by Pollarded Willow)** *Marcus de Bye, 1660, etching, 118 × 147 mm* In this delicate etching, Dutch artist Marcus de Bye captures a serene pastoral moment: a sheep reclining peacefully beside a gnarled knotwilg, or pollarded willow tree. Created in 1660 during the Dutch Golden Age, the work reflects the era's fascination with the natural world and rural life. De Bye, active in the mid-17th century, specialized in intimate animal studies, rendering the sheep's soft wool and the tree's textured bark with exquisite precision on this small plate....