This scene of peasants fighting, a popular subject at that time, is based on a lost painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. We know of the original from an engraving by Lucas Vorsterman dated around 1620, in which the group is reversed relative to our drawing. There is also a painting by Rubens, which has survived, in which the same group is depicted in more detail with a farmyard and a peasant woman gesturing despairingly in the background.
Specifications
| Title | Peasants Falling Out at Cards |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Black chalk, brown wash, body colour |
| Object type |
Drawing
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 257 mm Width 371 mm |
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| Artists |
Attributed to:
Peter Paul Rubens
Attributed to: Johann Liss |
| Accession number | V 8 (PK) |
| Credits | Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs collection), 1940 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1940 |
| Creation date | in circa 1620-1625 |
| Collector | Collector / Franz Koenigs |
| Internal exhibitions |
Rubens, Jordaens, Van Dyck en tijdgenoten (2001) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Technique |
Brown wash
> Washing
> Wash
> Drawing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
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| Geographical origin | Southern Netherlands > The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe |
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Peter Paul Rubens
Siegen 1577 - Antwerpen 1640
The Antwerp painter Peter Paul Rubens was appointed court artist to the Duke of Mantua in Italy at a young age. In 1603 he travelled to Madrid, where he was...
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