A black and white print presents a village situated in the countryside. Several people, houses and animals are portrayed.
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A black and white prints depict a countryside village situated in both sides of a dirt road. On the left tall trees with scarce leaves, three houses and a tall building are found. A carriage with horses is passing through the road facing toward the background of the print. Three adult figures are shown, two of them are facing each other, while the third one is walking along two animals. On the right side two big houses, tall trees and several sowing fields are portrayed. A man is ploughing the land. The sky is cloudy, and a sheep is on the top middle of the print.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
M24819
People
Jan van de Velde II, Dutch (Rotterdam(?), Netherlands 1593 - 1641 Enkhuizen, Netherlands)
Published by Claes Jansz. Visscher, Dutch (Amsterdam 1587 - 1652 Amsterdam)
Title
March
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Martius
Series/Book Title: Twelve Months
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1618
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/233348

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 27.2 × 35.6 cm (10 11/16 × 14 in.)
image: 25.9 × 35.6 cm (10 3/16 × 14 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
H. 36

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Light-Outerbridge Collection, Purchase through the generosity of the Fanny and Leo Koerner Charitable Trust
Accession Year
2000
Object Number
M24819
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Joseph Koerner and Michael Zell, Lifeworld: Portrait and Landscape in Netherlandish Prints, 1550-1650, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1999)
  • Joanna Sheers Seidenstein and Susan Anderson, ed., Crossroads: Drawing the Dutch Landscape, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, 2022), p. 235

Exhibition History

Verification Level

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