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Choleric

Artist: Peter de Jode; Artist: After Maarten de Vos

elaborately-dressed couple, with man at left wearing sleeves and breastplate of armor, with a long sword at his hip and carrying a handled pot on a long staff over his PR shoulder; woman at right carries a tiny lion-faced dog (or monkey?) in the crook of her PL arm, with a rooster on the bundle on her upper back and two dead birds tied to her belt; woman carries turnips in a small apron pouch on her abdomen; landscape in background with burning buildings in ULC, figure attacking another with a sword, man chasing a flock of geese with a sword and a reaper; text at bottom below image

Date
1590s
In our collection
since August the 11th, 2012 up to now
Dimensions
7 3/4 × 8 5/8 in. (19.69 × 21.91 cm) (sheet)
Location
Not on View
Medium
Engraving
Price
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Composition
cadmium88%
atium12%