Barges Moored by Cottages
mid-late 17th century
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and grayish brown ink, brown and grayish brown wash over black chalk.
Dimensions
5 7/8 x 6 15/16 in. (15 x 17.6 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.819
Tags
Art Historical Context
Claes Jansz. Visscher the Younger, a Dutch draughtsman and engraver during the Golden Age of the 17th century, captures a serene riverside vignette in *Barges Mo by Cottages*. Created in the mid-to-late 1600s, this intimate drawing depicts everyday Dutch life: sturdy barges tied up alongside quaint cottages, evoking the bustling waterways that were the lifeblood of the Netherlands' economy and trade. Such scenes reflect the era's fascination with pastoral landscapes and vernacular architecture, hallmarks of Dutch realism. Executed on a modest scale—5 7/8 x 6 15/16 inches—the work employs a ma...