Plundering a Large Farmhouse

c. 1642/1680

Gerrit van Schagen after Jacques Callot

Associated Names
Gerrit van Schagen

Artist, Dutch, c. 1642 - 1690 or after

Jacques Callot

Artist After, French, 1592 - 1635

This is a drawing of a chaotic interior space filled with figures engaged in various activities. Individauls are moving about, gesticulating, and interacting with each other. The space is detailed, with objects hanging from above, including pots, pans, and kitchenware, suggesting the setting is a large kitchen or workshop. Barrels and stacks of plates line the walls. In the center, figures lean over a table, possibly involved in a transaction or discussion. To the right, others are engaged in an intense action next to an open flame with rising smoke. The composition conveys a sense of urgency and disorder.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 8.2 × 18.9 cm (3 1/4 × 7 7/16 in.)
    sheet (irreg.): 18 × 29 cm (7 1/16 × 11 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1974.55.49

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 12

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1924

  • Lieure 1343 (copy 4).

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

Wikidata ID

Q65568826

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