Hoofdpersonage Brand uit gelijknamig toneelstuk van Hendrik Ibsen wordt door bewoners gestenigd en uit dorp gejaagd

About this artwork

collector's mark: Lugt 2760

Art Historical Context

In 1895, Belgian artist Maurice Dumont created this striking lithography, *Hoofdpersonage Brand uit gelijamig toneelstuk Hendrik Ibsen wordt door bewoners gestenigd en uit dorp gejaagd* (The main character Brand from Henrik Ibsen's eponym play is stoned and from the village by its inhabitants). Measuring a compact 131 × 234 mm, it captures a climactic moment from Ibs intense 1866 drama *Brand*, where the uncompromising priest Brand is rejected by his community for his rigid idealism. Produced during the fin-de-siècle era, when Ibsen's works were gaining international acclaim for challenging so...