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Peasants with Cattle and Sheep
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Peasants with Cattle and Sheep

mid-17th century

Medium

Black chalk, brush and gray wash

Dimensions

sheet: 8 9/16 x 13 3/16 in. (21.7 x 33.5 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Guy Wildenstein Gift, 2004

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Adriaen van de Velde

1636–1672Dutch Republic

Dutch painter, draughtsman and etcher, son of Willem van de Velde I. According to Houbraken, he first studied in Amsterdam with his father; however, unlike his father and his brother, Willem van de Velde II, Adriaen did not incline towards marine painting, so he was sent to Haarlem to complete his training with the landscape painter Jan Wijnants. Comment on works: Landscapes; Animals; Views; History; Religious