The Cowherd and the Bull
Medium
Etching in black on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Plate: 11.3 × 13.4 cm (4 1/2 × 5 5/16 in.); Sheet: 12.9 × 15.1 cm (5 1/8 × 6 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
32725
About the Artist
Adriaen van de Velde · 1636–1672
Adriaen van de Velde (1636–1672) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, draftsman, and etcher renowned for his luminous pastoral landscapes and his extraordinary versatility. Born in Amsterdam, he was the son of the marine painter Willem van de Velde the Elder and brother of the marine painter Willem van de Velde the Younger. He studied under Jan Wijnants, a landscape specialist, and possibly under Phili...