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Peasant with Sack

Jacques Callot

1617

ink

From the collection of National Gallery of Art

Baroque Baroque

Dominant colour

Peasant with Sack is a 1617 ink by Jacques Callot, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.

Who painted this?: Jacques Callot
When & what style?: 1617 · Baroque
Where can I see it?: National Gallery of Art

About this work

This drawing shows a tired-looking man leaning on a stick. He’s dressed in rough clothes, with a hat pulled low, and carries a bulging sack over one shoulder. Behind him, a rocky hillside and a few bare trees fill the background, while the ground looks uneven and worn. The artist used fine lines to show texture—notice how the man’s wrinkled clothes and the tree bark pop out. This was made as a single print, not painted. Want to see more? Check out etching to learn how artists like this carved images into metal plates.