Two Cows under a Tree

c. 1670

Adriaen van de Velde

Associated Names
Adriaen van de Velde

Artist, Dutch, 1636 - 1672

The image depicts cows in a landscape. The point of view is eye level, showing the cows and surrounding area. The horizon is in the top third of the image with distant hills meeting the sky. Detailed line work creates texture. The color palette is monochromatic, focusing on brown shades. A cow stands near a tree, with another cow lying down nearby. In the background, there is lush foliage and distant landscape elements.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Accession Number

    1981.24.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 13, State only

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1884

  • Dutuit 13.

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: 13.

Wikidata ID

Q74036538

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