View of the Ponte San Rocco at Tivoli; verso: Buildings on the River Aniene near Tivoli (?)
Karel Dujardin|Guilliam du Gardijn
ca. 1640–45 (?)
Medium
Brush and gray ink, black chalk
Dimensions
Sheet: 15 11/16 × 10 15/16 in. (39.8 × 27.8 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Brooke Russell Astor Bequest, 2013
Accession Number
2013.933
Tags
BridgesRivers
About the Artist
Karel Dujardin|Guilliam du Gardijn · 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...