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Object Type
print
Museum number
1870,0625.655
Title
Series:
Large Landscapes
Description
Plaustrum Belgicum; in the foreground a flock of sheep to the left and a stand of trees to the right; a peasant traveller and a covered wagon at centre foreground on a road that leads past a roadside cross and down into a valley town; the low plain of the town is bordered by rivers on either side which meet in middle distance and, joined, lead off toward the horizon; jagged mountains rise along the outer banks of both rivers; first state with title; after Pieter Bruegel the Elder. c.1555 Etching and engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Johannes van Doetecum I
Print made by:
Lucas van Doetecum
After:
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Published by:
Hieronymus Cock
School/style
Netherlandish
Production date
1553-1556
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
310 millimetres
Width:
430 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
This is one from a series of twelve; for comment see 1922,0410.265.
Bibliographic references
New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700
(54.II)
(Pieter Bruegel the Elder)
Bastelaer 1908 / Les estampes de Peter Bruegel l'ancien
(11)
Lebeer 1969 / Catalogue raisonné des estampes de Bruegel l'ancien
(6)
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(11)
(after Pieter Bruegel the Elder)
Riggs 1977 / Hieronymus Cock, Printmaker and Publisher
(28.6)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Antonia Brentano
Purchased through:
F A C Prestel
(sale Frankfurt, 16.v.1870/1043)
Purchased through:
Colnaghi
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Johann Melchior Birckenstock
Acquisition date
1870
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1870,0625.655