Cheval de labour

Pieter Dupont

1870–1911

Cheval de labour, 1902

Where object was made: Netherlands

Material/technique: engraving

Dimensions:
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 136 x 204 mm
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 5 3/8 x 8 1/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 14 x 19 in

Credit line: Museum purchase: Letha Churchill Walker Memorial Art Fund

Accession number: 1989.0046

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Archive Label 2003:
The arts of etching and woodcut underwent a period of profound renewal at the end of the nineteenth-century. However, very few artists chose to experiment with the demanding art of engraving. An exception was the talented Dutch printmaker Pieter Dupont who mastered the nearly abandoned art. While he is often seen as heir to the Dutch engraving tradition established by Lucas van Leyden, his engravings of workhorses display a fascination with the details of old worn leather, metal fittings, and the textures of horse hair that are unthinkable without the example of Dürer.