William HogarthEnglish, 1697–1764Mishandeling van werkdieren
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Mishandeling van werkdieren” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the work
Museum text in Dutch
Tekst in het Engels in de ondermarge. Gezicht op een straat waar dieren worden afgeranseld door mensen. Linksvoor een gekantelde koets. Uithangborden en affiches aan de gevels.
Rijksmuseum
Details
- Accession number
- RP-P-OB-18.774
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
In the life of William Hogarth
The whole life1712–1764 · Workplace
London
1749
A country house in Chiswick
In 1749 Hogarth bought a country retreat in Chiswick — now Hogarth’s House, a museum — and spent time there for the rest of his life; his main home remained the house in Leicester Fields (now Leicester Square).
1753
The treatise “The Analysis of Beauty”
In 1753 Hogarth published the treatise “The Analysis of Beauty”, in which he declared the S-shaped “line of beauty” — a serpentine line that conveys life and movement — the basis of harmony, and made it his emblem. His adherents praised the book as a fine statement on aesthetics, while enemies and rivals such as Paul Sandby mocked its obscurities and minor errors in endless caricatures.
