Artist
Allart van Everdingen(Dutch, 1621–1675)Dutch, 1621–1675
CultureDutch
Titles
- The Goatherd on the Hill
Dateprobably c. 1645/1656
MediumEtching on laid paper, state I/II
DimensionsPlate: 2 3/8 × 4 1/4 in. (6 × 10.8 cm)
Sheet: 2 1/2 × 4 3/8 in. (6.4 × 11.1 cm)
Sheet: 2 1/2 × 4 3/8 in. (6.4 × 11.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Franklin Olson
Object number2018.380
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
205 Vinson & Elkins Gallery
On view
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Exhibition History"Old Masters" The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, May 14-Nov. 16, 2025 [Sixth Installation/Light-Sensitive Rotation: Beck Building 201-8, 210-212,217: No Catalog]
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, bottom left: PM 139
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, bottom right: [illegible]
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, bottom right: [illegible]
Recto: Initialed in printed ink, in plate, center bottom edge: AVE
Verso: Watermark, right half upper center: [Crossbow encircled with trefoil at top] (similar to icpl.cci.II.150.a; Gravell CR SBW.151.1 & CR SBW.135.1)
Catalogue raisonnéHollstein VI.163.24.i; Dutuit 24.i
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1636 - 1675
Etching on laid paper, state III/III
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Engraving and etching on laid paper, state I/II
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