Woede
1693 - 1700
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
115; 90
About this artwork
mezzotint en gravure
Art Historical Context
**Woede (Wrath)** by Jacob Gole (c. 1660–1737) is a striking small-scale engraving from the late 17th century, between 1693 and1700. Measuring just 115 mm high by 90 mm wide, intimate print exemplifies the Dutch engraver's mastery during the waning years of the Golden Age. Gole, renowned for his reproductive prints after leading painters, often captured dramatic human emotions, and "Woede"—Dutch for "wrath"—likely personifies one of the Seven Deadly Sins a popular allegorical theme in Baroque art that moralized vice through vivid imagery. The work combines **gravure** (engraving) with **mezzo...
About the Artist
Jacob Gole · 1660–1737
Jacob Gole (c. 1660-1737) was a Dutch engraver and mezzotinter renowned for his portrait engravings and his role in disseminating the mezzotint technique across Europe. Born in Paris to the celebrated Huguenot cabinetmaker Pierre Gole, he emerged as one of the most skilled printmakers of the late Dutch Golden Age. Gole's significance in art history lies primarily in his mastery of the mezzotint t...