[Men and women beggars] [graphic].

[Strasbourg?] : [s.n.], [1630?]

1 print : etching ; plate mark 84 x 253 mm

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Two men and five women beggars. The man on left has a tall hat, looks down, and has a dog on a leash, and holds a collecting box. The woman on far right is on crutches, and the third woman from right tells her rosary. A country background. --Pennington.

Title and plate mark dimensions from Pennington.
One of four numbered etchings after the series Les Gueux by Jacques Callot. This set of etchings has been grouped with "Balli di Sfessania," Hollar's other series after Callot, which Pennington dates to 1630 on the basis of a signed and dated impression at the Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge. Individual impressions could be much later, since the plate continued to be printed from, and can be found in Peter Stent's 1662 catalog.
Hollar was active in Strasbourg in 1630.
Numbered "3" in lower right corner.

Pennington, R. Descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar, 2026
New Hollstein German etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700, Hollar 82

France -- Strasbourg.

ART 254- 228 (size XS)

Trimmed within plate mark; number '3' slightly cropped. Purchase made possible by the Elizabeth Niemyer Acquisitions Fund.

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