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Landscape with a milkman ('Het melkboertje')

Print
1825-1850 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Etching depicting a landscape with farm buildings and trees along a canal with rowing boat on the right. There is a dyke running in the distance on the left with village and open water with sail boats. A milkman with dog is in the foreground on the left.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleLandscape with a milkman ('Het melkboertje') (published title)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Brief description
Etching by Louis Marvy, 'Landscape with a milkman ('Het melkboertje')', copy in reverse, after a work by Rembrandt. French, 1825-1850
Physical description
Etching depicting a landscape with farm buildings and trees along a canal with rowing boat on the right. There is a dyke running in the distance on the left with village and open water with sail boats. A milkman with dog is in the foreground on the left.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.6cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue)
  • Width: 17.9cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue)
Production typeCopy
Marks and inscriptions
Louis Marvy d'apres Rembrandt etc. (Signed)
Subjects depicted
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue
Collection
Accession number
21254:12

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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