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Landscape with a cow

Print
ca.1650 (made)
Artist/Maker
Rembrandt Van Rijn (artist)
Place of origin
Amsterdam (made)

Etching and drypoint depicting a landscape with a cottage surrounded by trees beside a river. There is a cow drinking from the river on the right with another in the field behind.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Animals and Wildlife
Rural Life
Object type
print
TitleLandscape with a cow (published title)
Materials and techniques
Etching and drypoint
Paper (Fiber Product)
Printing Ink
Etching (Printing Process)
Drypoint
Brief description
Etching and drypoint by Rembrandt van Rijn, 'Landscape with a cow', second state. Amsterdam, ca.1650.
Physical description
Etching and drypoint depicting a landscape with a cottage surrounded by trees beside a river. There is a cow drinking from the river on the right with another in the field behind.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.4cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue)
  • Width: 13cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue)
Style
Dutch School
Credit line
Bequeathed by George Salting.
Object history
Salting Bequest.
Subjects depicted
Cows
Cottage
Trees
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue
  • Bartsch, Adam von. Catalogue raisonné de toutes les estampes qui forment l'oeuvre de Rembrandt (Vienna, 1797). B.237
  • White, Christopher and Boon, Karel G. Rembrandt's Etchings: An Illustrated Critical Catalogue in Two Volumes, I. Text. (Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co; London: A. Zwemmer Ltd., 1969).
  • Blanc, Charles, L'oeuvre complet de Rembrandt, décrit et commenté, (Paris, 1859-61).
  • Hind, Arthur M. A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings. (London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1923).
  • Biörklund George. Rembrandt's Etchings, True and False: A Summary Catalogue in a Distinctive Chronological Order and Completely Illustrated, (Stockholm, London & Paris, 1955) (2nd ed. 1968).
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.4601-1910

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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