Peasants with a Cart

1516/1518 (published 1522, printed 1777 or 1796)

Hans Burgkmair I

Associated Names
Hans Burgkmair I

Artist, German, 1473 - 1531

This is a drawing of a group of people with a cart and dogs in a forested area. The drawing depicts a scene where a group is traveling, with some individuals walking alongside a large cart drawn by a horse. The cart carries a few people, and one person is standing on the cart, playing a wind instrument. The setting appears to be a forested area, with tall, bare trees and some coniferous trees in the background. The people are dressed in detailed, period attire. This image is done in a detailed and intricate line art style.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Museum of Mathematics Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 41 × 53 cm (16 1/8 × 20 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.5.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 609

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Kay Tobler Liss, Jefferson, ME; purchased 2017 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868: no. 609.

Inscriptions

upper right: 110; by later hand, lower center in graphite: [undeciphered]

Wikidata ID

Q77258906

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