# The Hut

- By: Adriaen van de Velde (Amsterdam, 1636–1672)
- Date: 1671
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 76 cm x width 65 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-443--91d8c09fbfcfd82611f3bad8357b20f6)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/qtaTQ/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

In composing this scene, Van de Velde relied on various preliminary drawings made from life. His superb skills as a painter of figures and animals were renowned in the 17th century, and he was regularly asked to paint the staffage in the landscapes and city views of other artists.