Two Buffaloes and a Herdsman

Pieter van Laer

Associated Names
Pieter van Laer

Artist, Dutch, c. 1592 - 1642

The image shows a side view with the horizon positioned low. In the foreground, three water buffalo are depicted, detailed with textured lines to show their muscular forms. A figure is also present on the left, guiding the buffalo with a stick. The upper half of the image depicts clouds, suggesting a slightly overcast day. The landscape includes gentle hills and sparse vegetation, rendered in monochrome to create depth.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Accession Number

    1981.17.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 7, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

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

1981

  • Ackley, Clifford S. Printmaking in the Age of Rembrandt. Exh. cat. Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1981:, pp.122-23, 75.

Wikidata ID

Q74036491

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