Two Madmen

Pieter Xaveri, 1673

Between 1670 and 1673, the year of his death, the Antwerp sculptor Pieter Xaveri lived in Leiden, where he made small sculptures modelled in terracotta. Many of them are anecdotal. The meaning of this unusual depiction of two fettered men in a frenzy is unknown.

  • Artwork typesculpture
  • Object numberBK-NM-5666
  • Dimensionsheight 50 cm x width 34 cm x depth 18 cm
  • Physical characteristicsterracotta