Six Men and Women Beggars

1630

Wenceslaus Hollar after Jacques Callot

Associated Names
Wenceslaus Hollar

Artist, Bohemian, 1607 - 1677

Jacques Callot

Artist After, French, 1592 - 1635

The image shows six figures in a landscape setting. Two standing figures on the left are holding objects, with a child between them. To their right, an older-looking woman in a hood is consuming from a bowl, while an elderly man sits holding a bowl. Another seated figure to the far right appears to be eating. A rustic architectural backdrop with an arched entranceway is visible in the background, along with distant figures and structures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    R.L. Baumfeld Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 8.7 × 25.5 cm (3 7/16 × 10 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1969.15.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 83, State only

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1975

  • Jacques Callot: Prints and Related Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1975, no. 42, repro.

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. 83, state only.

Wikidata ID

Q65512304

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