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The image depicts a man standing in profile facing right. He has a bushy beard, mustache, and wears a hat. He is dressed in loose garments, knee-high boots, carries a coil of rope over his left shoulder, and holds a sword in its sheath in his left hand. The background shows a rustic scene with a simple dwelling or barn, barrels, trees, fields, and a few distant figures. The sky has sparse details with a few birds.
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The image depicts a man standing in profile facing right. He has a bushy beard, mustache, and wears a hat. He is dressed in loose garments, knee-high boots, carries a coil of rope over his left shoulder, and holds a sword in its sheath in his left hand. The background shows a rustic scene with a simple dwelling or barn, barrels, trees, fields, and a few distant figures. The sky has sparse details with a few birds.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A Cooper

Willem Basse

Date
c. 1630/1660
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 9.5 x 7.2 cm (3 3/4 x 2 13/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1994.70.18
Credit line
David K. E. Bruce Fund
Time span
1601 to 1650
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Dutch
  • etching
  • occupation
  • genre
  • Cooper
Provenance

Van Hattum Collection; purchased 1989 by NGA library (transferred to permanent collection in 1994).

Inscription

lower left in plate: 7

NGA object ID 90944. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.