Village Street Scene with a Church
Medium
Brush and brown wash, over a sketch in graphite
Dimensions
sheet: 3 3/4 x 6 1/16 in. (9.6 x 15.4 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2007
Accession Number
2007.270
Tags
Art Historical Context
Cornelis Ploos van Amstel's *Village Street Scene with a* (1777) is a charming example of 18th-century Dutch draughtsmanship, executed on a modest sheet measuring just 3 3/4 x 6 1/16 inches. Using a graphite underdrawing heightened with brush and brown wash, the artist masterfully evokes the quiet rhythms of rural life—narrow streets lined with trees, humble buildings, and a prominent church steeple piercing the sky. This intimate scale and mixed-media technique were ideal for studies or collector's pieces, allowing Ploos van Amstel to blend precision with atmospheric depth. A prominent Amste...
About the Artist
Cornelis Ploos van Amstel · 1726–1798
Dutch, 1726–1798