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The Cow Drinking

The Cow Drinking

Artist/Maker (Dutch, 1620–1683)
Date1680
MediumEtching
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 11 3/16 × 14 7/8 in. (28.4 × 37.8 cm)
Credit LineSpecial Acquisitions Fund
Object number1969.34
Status
Not on view
More Information
A crumbling ruin serves as the backdrop to this idyllic country gathering. This reminder of a now-obsolete civilization—complete with a sculpted relief depicting a soldier on horseback attacking a reclining figure—offers a melancholic and even ominous reminder of the ephemeral nature of this otherwise blissful pastoral moment.
Exhibition History
Seventeenth-Century Prints and Drawings from the Collection
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 13, 1988 - November 27, 1988 )
Setting the Scene: Landscaping in Prints and Drawings from the 16th through the 19th Centuries
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 10, 1993 - November 7, 1993 )
Picturing the Land
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (February 9, 2021 - August 13, 2021 )
Collections
  • European
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