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Cattle Market

Cornelis Ploos van Amstel after Jan van Goyen

National Gallery of Art

The image shows a pastoral scene with a village setting, people, and animals. The horizon is low in the composition with distant structures visible. The detailed monochrome drawing depicts textures and depth, with a color palette of soft grays and whites. A dog is in the foreground, with people and cattle gathered between trees near a building. Trees and clouds fill the background.

Artwork Details

Date
1767
Medium
chalk manner and roulette printed in black ink on laid paper
Dimensions
4855 × 3166 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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