Landscape with a Cow is a 1650 ink by Rembrandt, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a quiet countryside scene with a few small houses under leafy trees. A cow stands near a pond, and the water looks still, reflecting the trees. The lines are loose and quick, like scribbles—some areas are packed with tiny strokes, while others are barely there. Rembrandt made this as a quick study, not a polished work. The way he layered lines to build up dark and light spots is a trick called drypoint. Next, look up technique: etching, drypoint, aquatint.
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), known mononymously as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and draughtsman.
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