Man en een vrouw bij een volgeladen ossenkar
Medium
etching
Dimensions
198; 150
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
verzamelaarsmerk, verso, gestempeld: Lugt 2228
Art Historical Context
Gerard van Nijmegen’s 1794 etching “Man en een vrouw bij een volgeladen ossenkar” captures a quiet moment of rural life. The small print, measuring just 150 by 198 millimetres, shows a man and woman standing beside an ox cart piled high with goods, evoking the everyday rhythms of late-eighteenth-century travel and trade. Etching allowed artists like van Nijmegen to record such scenes with fine detail and to circulate them widely among collectors. The crisp lines and modest scale made the medium ideal for intimate views of the Dutch countryside, preserving a sense of place and labour at a time when the Netherlands was experiencing both agricultural tradition and gradual modernisation. A collector’s stamp on the reverse (Lugt 2228) further enriches the print’s story, reminding viewers that works like this often passed through distinguished cabinets before entering museum collections. The sheet thus serves as both an artistic record and a tangible link to centuries of appreciation for Dutch genre imagery.
About the Artist
Gerard van Nijmegen · 1735–1808
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