Caption

Landscape with herd of oxen, print, album page, printmaker: William Baillie, after drawing by Pieter de Molijn, 1774-01-01, paper, paste, print drawing, crayon manner, etching, rocker stamped, etching in crayon manner, etching and rocker, pasted on album page, height 225 mm x width 321 mm, landscapes, herd, flock, A wide pencil landscape framed by a double border shows a flat riverside scene with expansive skies filled with faint cloud shading and groups of small birds. In the foreground a dirt track runs diagonally with a group of oxen being driven by several figures, one person walking beside them and another standing nearby. To the left low rolling vegetation and clustered trees surround a small cluster of thatched cottages set on a slight rise. Toward the center and right the marshy riverside stretches into the distance with reed beds, a few small boats on the water, and tiny figures in and near the boats. Far on the horizon silhouettes of windmills and low buildings are visible, and scattered clumps of grass and bushes dot the foreground margins.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B28_415

License type

Rights managed

Available size

36.3Mb (7.1Mb) / 14.0in x 10.0in / 4212 x 3011 (300dpi)

Keywords

Landscape herd oxen print album page printmaker William Baillie drawing Pieter de Molijn 1774-01-01 paper paste print drawing crayon manner etching rocker stamped rocker pasted height 225 mm x width 321 mm landscapes flock wide pencil landscape framed double border flat riverside scene expansive skies filled faint cloud shading groups small birds foreground dirt track runs diagonally group driven several figures person walking beside them another standing nearby left low rolling vegetation clustered trees surround small cluster thatched cottages set slight rise center right marshy riverside stretches distance reed beds small boats water tiny figures near boats Far horizon silhouettes windmills low buildings visible scattered clumps grass bushes dot foreground margins