Three Peasants and a Woman
1626
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
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...