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Object Type
print
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
School/style
Netherlandish
Production date
1565
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
221 millimetres
Width:
292 millimetres
$Inscriptions
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
Purchased from:
Edward Daniell
Acquisition date
1866
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1866,0407.11
Conservation
Treatment
: 18 Feb 2014