Coat of Arms with a Peasant Standing on his Head
Also titled Wapenschild met een op zijn kop staande boer
Meester van het Amsterdamse Kabinet
1485 - 1490
- Medium
- paper
- Classification
- Dimensions
- height 138 mm x width 85 mm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
The coat of arms shows a peasant standing on his head, viewing the world upside down. Above the shield another peasant is being ridden by his wife, while holding the distaff she uses for spinning. The reversal of the ‘natural’ order of things was a favourite theme during the late Middle Ages.
