De wraak van de tovenaar Vergilius 1589 - 1626

Bartholomeus Willemsz. Dolendo created this print, The Revenge of the Wizard Virgil, with etching. The monochromatic composition, teeming with figures, presents a world turned upside down. The structural arrangement guides the viewer's eye from the foreground figures to the chaotic scene unfolding in the background. The artist uses linear precision to define each character, architectural detail, and landscape element, creating a dense network of lines that challenge spatial hierarchies. The foreground figures anchor the composition and draw us into a narrative that feels both familiar and strange. Dolendo plays with the boundaries between high and low culture, intellectualism and farce. Ultimately, this print is a complex interplay of structure and chaos. It invites us to decode its semiotic system, prompting us to question the very foundations of meaning.