Sadeler, Johann (I), Amman, Jost, Germany, Attack on a Farm, Allegory of War, verso lower left - stamped, The print consists of three separate scenes. In the background a city is on fire and a ruler looks at his army troops. In the middle ground a farm is plundered, the cattle killed and the wells emptied. In the foreground a dog and a rooster guard a cart with robbers' booty instead of the farm. In the left foreground soldiers do the work of farmers: a soldier scatters grain for the chickens, a young squire slaughters one of the chickens and two soldiers thresh the corn. The print has a German inscription warning the people against bad leaders. In the margin a caption with three German texts about the different representations of this topsy-turvy world., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 235 mm, width 263 mm, Zuid-Nederlands, 1550 - 1600-08, print maker, printmaker, 1579 - 1595, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Swiss, 1539 - 1591-03-15, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, writer
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Sadeler, Johann, I, Amman, Jost, Germany, Attack, Farm, Allegory, War, verso lower, left, - stamped, print consists, three separate scenes, background, city, fire, ruler looks, army troops, middle ground, farm, plundered, cattle killed, wells emptied, foreground, dog, rooster guard, cart, robbers, booty, left foreground soldiers do, work, farmers, soldier scatters grain, chickens, young, squire, slaughters, two soldiers thresh, corn, print, German inscription warning, people, bad leaders, margin, caption, three German texts, different representations, topsy-turvy world, prent, prints, prenten, height 235 mm, width 263 mm, Zuid-Nederlands, 1550 - 1600-08, print maker, printmaker, 1579 - 1595, paper, papier, engraving, printing process, Swiss, 1539 - 1591-03-15, intermediary draughtsman, drawing, writer
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