View of hillside with ruins (an aqueduct?) and mountain crag beyond, in the foreground a man kneels on the grass beside a standing man and a dog
Karel Dujardin
1658
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 4 3/4 x 6 1/8 in. (12.1 x 15.5 cm) sheet: 8 in. (20.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.688
Tags
LandscapesRuinsMenHills
About the Artist
Karel Dujardin · 1626–1678
Karel Dujardin, born in Amsterdam on September 27, 1626, was the son of the little-known painter Guilliam du Gardin. His early training came under the guidance of Nicolaes Berchem, a master whose influence is evident in Dujardin's animal and landscape depictions, while he was also inspired by the works of Paulus Potter. As a young artist, Dujardin traveled to Italy, where he immersed himself in th...