Peasant Removing His Shoe
1621
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
About the artist
1621
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Peasant Removing His Shoe is a 1621 ink by Edouard Eckman, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This black-and-white print shows a man in rough clothes bending down by a cow. He’s pulling off his shoe, and the cow stands nearby. Behind them, a simple village with a few buildings sits on a hill, with a tree and some bushes in the middle. The artist used sharp lines to show the textures—like the man’s wrinkled clothes and the cow’s fur. This style was common in woodcuts, where the design is carved into wood and then inked. Next, check out the technique: woodcut.
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