Peasant Brawl

1646

Wenceslaus Hollar after Johann Liss?

Associated Names
Wenceslaus Hollar

Artist, Bohemian, 1607 - 1677

Johann Liss

Artist After, German, c. 1597 - 1631

This is a drawing of a group of figures engaged in an action scene. The image depicts several figures tangled in what appears to be a chaotic struggle near a rustic wooden fence. The figures are dressed in heavy, loose-fitting garments, heavily shaded and crafted with cross-hatching to indicate folds and depth. The background of the drawing features detailed textures of trees and a brick structure. The drawing's use of dynamic lines and detailed etching draws attention to the intense movement and interaction among the figures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 22.1 x 32.7 cm (8 11/16 x 12 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.1094

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 861, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1996

  • Scenes of Daily Life: Genre Prints from the Housebook Master to Rembrandt van Rijn, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1996, as.

Bibliography

1982

  • Pennington, Richard. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etched Work of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Wenceslaus Hollar, Simon Turner, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 861, state i/ii.

Inscriptions

lower left, in image, in plate: P. Brugel inu.; lower right, in image: 1646 / WHollar fecit

Wikidata ID

Q65512302

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