Drie kippen en een haan 1873

"Drie kippen en een haan" (Three Hens and a Rooster), a 1873 etching by Dutch artist Jan Gerard Smits, depicts a rooster and three hens in a rustic setting. The chickens are shown in various poses, with the rooster standing proudly at the forefront and the hens perched on a wooden roost above. Smits’s use of detailed hatching and shading creates a sense of volume and texture, contributing to the realism of the composition. The print’s small size, 104 mm by 78 mm, exemplifies Smits’s focus on capturing intimate moments of everyday life.