Boer uit Vlieland
Pieter Pickaert
in of voor 1689 - 1713
Medium
etching
Dimensions
162; 258
About this artwork
height 258 mm x width 162 mm
Art Historical Context
This etching, titled *Boer uit Vlieland* (A Farmer from Vlieland), was created by the Dutch artist Pieter Pickaert sometime between 1689 and 1713. Measuring 258 by 162 millimeters, the print captures a figure from the small island of Vlieland in the northern Netherlands. Pickaert worked during a period when Dutch artists continued the tradition of genre scenes and regional portraiture, even as the height of the Golden Age had passed. Etching was a favored medium at the time because it allowed artists to achieve fine, expressive lines and reproduce their work in multiple impressions. This made...