Two dogs sleeping on the ground; a plough, farm equipment, bunches of straw, and a fence beyond — Karel Dujardin

Karel Dujardin

Two dogs sleeping on the ground; a plough, farm equipment, bunches of straw, and a fence beyond

ca. 1641–78

Dating
Approximate date range
Held at
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 6 x 5 3/8 in. (15.3 x 13.6 cm) sheet: 6 5/8 x 5 7/8 in. (16.9 x 15 cm)
Collection no.
2012.136.691
Attribution
By the artist
Image rights
CC0 1.0License details

Karel Dujardin. Two dogs sleeping on the ground; a plough, farm equipment, bunches of straw, and a fence beyond. Karel Dujardin; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Two dogs sleeping on the ground; a plough, farm equipment, bunches of straw, and a fence beyond — Karel Dujardin. ca. 1641–78.

Medium: Etching. Dimensions: plate: 6 x 5 3/8 in. (15.3 x 13.6 cm) sheet: 6 5/8 x 5 7/8 in. (16.9 x 15 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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