1630
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paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Six Men and Women Beggars is a 1630 ink by Wenceslaus Hollar, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This etching shows six people begging in a street scene. The figures are dressed in worn clothes, some holding out hands or leaning on sticks. One woman holds a child, another sits with a basket, and a man with a beard rests against a wall. The background has a distant town and a riverbank with a few scattered buildings. The artist used fine lines to show texture, like wrinkled clothes and rough skin. This was a common way to make prints in the 1600s. Look up etching to see how artists like this carved images into metal plates.
Wenceslaus Hollar (Czech: Václav Hollar (Czech pronunciation: ), German: Wenzel Hollar; 23 July 1607 – 25 March 1677) was a Czech engraver, etcher and painter.
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