Two Cows and a Sheep

c. 1657/1659

Adriaen van de Velde

Associated Names
Adriaen van de Velde

Artist, Dutch, 1636 - 1672

The image shows an engraving of a standing cow in the center, with two other cows - one sitting and one lying down - in the background. The landscape is depicted with faint lines creating a horizon. The engraving technique uses fine lines to show texture and shading on the cows and landscape. The color palette is monochromatic in shades of black and beige. Soft lines in the background suggest clouds in the sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8226

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 4, State only

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1884

  • Dutuit 3.

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

1978

  • Illustrated Bartsch, 1978: 4.

Wikidata ID

Q65018478

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