Sheep and Goats, 1655

  • Karel Dujardin, Dutch, 1622-1678

Etching printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Plate: 7 5/8 × 8 5/8 inches (19.4 × 21.9 cm) Sheet: 7 7/8 × 8 3/4 inches (20 × 22.2 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, Elizabeth P. Kirby Fund

40.27

Department

Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Signed and dated, in plate, upper right of image: K. Du(J)ardin - 1655

Watermark, right edge: [crown-like device]

Inscribed, in orange pencil, within image, upper right: 2 Inscribed, in pencil, verso: [numeric notations]

John Dent. 1940-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Dutuit, E. Manuel de l'Amateur d'Estampes, vol. 4. Paris, 1881-1888, p. 118, no. 4.

Karel Dujardin, Sheep and Goats, 1655, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Elizabeth P. Kirby Fund, 40.27.