Going to Market

Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
After Jan Brueghel the Elder Netherlandish
1652
Not on view
after Brueghel

Peasants and a dog are travelling on foot, cart and horseback along a road
heading to and from a town in the background. At the right two men, one seated and one standing, rest on riverbank.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Going to Market
  • Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
  • Artist: After Jan Brueghel the Elder (Netherlandish, Brussels 1568–1625 Antwerp)
  • Date: 1652
  • Medium: Etching and drypoint; second state of three
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 5 13/16 × 8 9/16 in. (14.7 × 21.8 cm)
    cut within the platemark
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
  • Object Number: 20.81.2.164
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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