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Study of a Covered Wagon
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Study of a Covered Wagon

Medium

Black chalk, pen and brown and black ink, brown wash; framing line in black chalk or graphite, by a later hand

Tags

Dimensions

Sheet: 5 1/4 × 6 5/16 in. (13.4 × 16.1 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, PECO Foundation Gift and The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2015

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Isaac van Ostade

1621–1649Dutch Republic

At the beginning of his career, Izaack imitated his brother's style, and worked in the peasant genre. He then adopted a genre of his own and painted landscapes, especially winter scenes. In his later works he achieved a renowned pictorial quality. Comment on works: Landscapes; Scenes of Winter