The Peasants Avenge Themselves

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

The image is an etching depicting a chaotic scene. A church with a bell tower is in the background, and there are many figures engaged in a tumultuous encounter. Trees frame the scene, and the lines in the etching convey movement. The color palette is monochrome. Closest to the viewer, individuals and animals are sprawled out. Combatants are wielding weapons among swirling smoke, and some figures are in the trees. Buildings are visible in the distance, and a figure hangs from a tree branch.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 8.3 × 18.6 cm (3 1/4 × 7 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 18 × 29 cm (7 1/16 × 11 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1974.55.61

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 24

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1924

  • Lieure 1355 (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

Q65568855

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