Plate 1: a peasant checking the hoof of his mule by a stream, from "Landscapes in the manner of Salvator Rosa" (Die Landschaften in Sal. Rosa's)
ca. 1700–25
Medium
Etching; second state of four
Dimensions
Image: 9 1/4 × 5 15/16 in. (23.5 × 15.1 cm) Plate: 9 7/16 × 6 3/16 in. (24 × 15.7 cm) Sheet: 9 1/2 × 6 1/4 in. (24.2 × 15.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Grace M. Pugh, 1985
Accession Number
1986.1180.541
Art Historical Context
In this evocative etching, titled *Plate 1: a checking the hoof of his by a stream*, from the series *Landscapes the manner of Salvator*, we witness a humble rural moment captured with dramatic flair. A peasant tends to his mule beside a babbling stream, evoking rugged, untamed beauty of nature that defined 17th-century Italian artist Salvator Rosa's influential Baroque landscapes. Created around 1700–25 by German engraver Franz Joachim Be, with publication by Jeremias Wolff, this print pays homage to Rosa's stormy, romantic style, blending everyday peasant life with wild, atmospheric scenery....