Mausfallen! Blasbälge! (Death to Mice)

1775

Quirin Mark, after Johann Christian Brand

Associated Names
Quirin Mark

Artist, Austrian?, active 18th century

Johann Christian Brand

Artist After, Austrian, 1722 - 1795

The image depicts a person standing. The individual faces slightly to the right with one leg bent. They wear an elaborate period-style outfit including a tricorn hat, a coat, knee-length pants, stockings, and shoes. The person carries wooden boards and tools on both shoulders. The background is plain, and there is rough ground under their feet. Text at the bottom reads "Mausefallen-Blasbälge" and "La mort aux rats!".

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving with etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Purchased as an Anonymous Gift

  • Dimensions

    plate: 35.9 × 24.3 cm (14 1/8 × 9 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 47 × 34.4 cm (18 1/2 × 13 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.16.24

  • Series Title

    Zeichnungen nach dem gemeinen Volke besonders Der Kaufruf in Wien / Etudes prises dans le bas peuple et principalement Les cris de Vienne (Cries of Vienna)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Andrew Edmunds, London); purchased 2015 by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Gezeichnet v. C. Brand Prof.; lower right in plate: Gestochen v. Quir. Mark.; lower center in plate: Mausfallen! Blasbälge!/La mort aux rats!

Wikidata ID

Q77008111

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