Gevangenen 1700

"Gevangenen" (Prisoners) is an etching by Dutch artist Romeyn de Hooghe, created in 1700. It depicts a dramatic scene of three figures bound in chains, their expressions conveying anguish and despair. The detailed etching technique, with its contrasting light and shadow, emphasizes the figures' suffering and the oppressive weight of their confinement. This artwork, now housed in the Rijksmuseum, is a testament to de Hooghe's skill in capturing raw human emotion through the medium of printmaking.