Boerenhuis met landlieden bij hooiwagen en hooiberg 1788

Jacob Cats’s 1788 drawing, “Boerenhuis met landlieden bij hooiwagen en hooiberg,” depicts a rural scene of a farm and its inhabitants. This small, oval-shaped drawing in brown ink highlights the typical Dutch landscape and provides a glimpse into rural life in 18th-century Netherlands. The farmhouse is featured prominently, with a thatched roof and a hayloft, while a hay wagon and a pair of horses are in the foreground. The artwork currently resides in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.