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Museum number: 1866,0407.11
Description: The Fall of the Magician. St James stands in front of a church at r, raising his hand in blessing toward the magician Hermogenes, who has been turned upside down together with his chair by a motley group of devils and monstrous creatures, many of whom are in the midst of performing acrobatics or playing instruments; first state before reworking of plate; after Pieter Bruegel. 1565 Engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Pieter van der Heyden; After: Pieter Bruegel the Elder; Published by: Hieronymus Cock
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Production date: 1565
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Dimensions: Height: 221 millimetres; Width: 292 millimetres
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Curator's comments: The preparatory drawing is in Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, inv.no.RP-T-00-559 (signed and dated 1564). For a companion piece see 1851,1213.90 ('Saint James and the Magician Hermogenes'). Literature: M. Ilsink, in J. van Grieken - G. Luijten - J. van der Stock, "Hieronymus Cock: The Renaissance in Print", exh.cat. Royal Library of Belgium in Brussels and Fondation Custodia in Paris, New Haven and London, 2013, cat.no.68b.
Bibliographic references: New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700 (12.I) (Pieter Bruegel); Bastelaer 1908 / Les estampes de Peter Bruegel l'ancien (118); Lebeer 1969 / Catalogue raisonné des estampes de Bruegel l'ancien (58.I); Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (118) (after Pieter Bruegel); Riggs 1977 / Hieronymus Cock, Printmaker and Publisher (36)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: 2014-15 Sept - Jan.London, BM Witches and Wicked Bodies
Subjects: christian saint/martyr; magician/conjuror
Associated names: Representation of: Hermogenes; Representation of: St James the Greater
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1866
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1866,0407.11
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