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print
Object Type
print
Museum number
1846,0509.137
Description
Skating before the Saint George's Gate, Antwerp; a bridge with wagons leads to city gate across middle ground, while skaters fill the frozen canal; reversed copy after engraving by Hieronymus Cock after Pieter Bruegel the Elder. 1565 Engraving
Producer name
After:
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Published by:
Ferrando Bertelli
School/style
Italian
Production date
1565
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
244 millimetres
Width:
289 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
For the first state of original print and commentary, see 1931,1114.426.
Bibliographic references
New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700
(41)
(Pieter Bruegel the Elder; copy)
Bastelaer 1908 / Les estampes de Peter Bruegel l'ancien
(206)
Lebeer 1969 / Catalogue raisonné des estampes de Bruegel l'ancien
(51)
(copy)
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(206)
(after Pieter Bruegel the Elder)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
skating
Associated places
Topographic representation of:
Antwerp (city)
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
George Cumberland
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Walter Benjamin Tiffin
Acquisition date
1846
Acquisition notes
The invoice for £4 for the purchase of this print, made out by W.B.Tiffin to G.Cumberland, dated 20 October 1823, is bound in the P&D Letter Book for 1802-1847, f.12.
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1846,0509.137