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"All-arm All-arm" (Brawl Between Beggars)
ca. 1635
Not on view
Cornelis Bloemaert II's engraving reproduces a design by the Dutch painter and poet Adriaen van de Venne. The title, All-arm All-arm, derives from the legend "Al-arm!" inscribed on Van de Venne's original oil painting. While "alarm" has the same meaning in English, the Dutch word arm also signifies "poor," producing a double entendre ("alarm"/"entirely poor").
- After
- Adriaen van de Venne
- Artist
- Cornelis Bloemaert
- Publisher
- Pieter Smith
- Title
- "All-arm All-arm" (Brawl Between Beggars)
- Date
- ca. 1635
- Object Type
- Medium
- Engraving
- Dimensions
- Image: 262 x 197 mm (10 5/16 x 7 3/4 in.) cropped within plate mark
- Credit Line
- Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts
- Accession Number
- 1963.30.11945
