Three Peasants and a Woman

Three Peasants and a Woman by Pieter de Molijn

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

sheet: 5 15/16 x 7 1/4 in. (15.1 x 18.4 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1962

Accession Number

62.538.1

Tags

MenWomenFarmers

Art Historical Context

Step into the rustic world of 17th-century Netherlands with *Three Peasants and a Woman*, a etching by Pieter de Mol created in 1626. This intimate print, measuring just under 6 by 7 inches, captures snapshot of everyday rural life: three male peasants and a woman, likely going about their labors. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, it comes from The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, in 1962. Molijn, a key figure in the early Dutch Golden Age, was renowned for his landscape etchings that often featured humble figures amid dunes and fields, reflecting the era...

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