Epileptics Walking to the Left
Medium
engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to image): 22.2 × 16.3 cm (8 3/4 × 6 7/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Hope and Julian Edison
Accession Number
2019.114.6
Art Historical Context
Step into the vivid world of Pieter Brue the Elder through this striking 1642 engraving by Hendrik Hondius I, *Epileptics Walking to the Left Bruegel, the renowned 16th-century Netherish master (c. 1525–1569), was celebrated for his intricate depictions of peasant life, moral allegories, and human folly Hondius, a skilled Dutch engraver active in the early 17th century, reproduced Bruegel's original drawing, preserving its raw energy decades after the artist's death. This print belongs to a series exploring social outcasts and the afflicted, offering a poignant glimpse into Renaissance views o...