De baljuw voert de koe van de boer weg 1613

Bartholomeus Willemsz. Dolendo’s 1613 etching, “De baljuw voert de koe van de boer weg,” depicts a scene of injustice in which a bailiff, a government official, forcibly takes a cow from a farmer. The scene is set outdoors, with a farm house and fence in the background. The etching, now housed in the Rijksmuseum, is part of a larger series of prints that satirize the abuses of power common in 17th century Holland. Dolendo's etching highlights the disparity between the wealthy and the poor, and the ways in which the powerful exploited the weak, making it a poignant commentary on social injustice.