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Peasant Attacked by Bees

Jacques Callot

1622

ink

paper

From the collection of National Gallery of Art

Baroque Baroque Allegory

Dominant colour

Peasant Attacked by Bees is a 1622 ink by Jacques Callot, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.

Who painted this?: Jacques Callot
When & what style?: 1622 · Baroque
Where can I see it?: National Gallery of Art

About this work

This sketch shows a man in old-fashioned clothes, waving his arms as if swatting at something. He’s wearing a wide-brimmed hat and a striped shirt, holding a walking stick in one hand. Behind him, a quiet village sits by a river, with a few trees and tiny figures walking along the shore. The man’s face looks pained, like he’s in real trouble—maybe from the bees buzzing around him. The artist used fine lines to show every detail, from his wrinkled clothes to the tiny houses in the background. This is an etching, so the artist scratched lines into metal to make the print. Try looking up etching next to see how it works.