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Object Type
Museum number: 1870,0625.658
Description: The Festival of Fools. In the foreground several fools play a game of bowls; behind them two fools lead eachother by the nose; others dance, perform acrobatics, and play instruments; second state with reworking of plate; after Pieter Bruegel the Elder. c.1570 Engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Pieter van der Heyden; After: Pieter Bruegel the Elder; Published by: Hieronymus Cock (probably published by his widow)
School/style
Production date: 1570-1585
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 322 millimetres; Width: 430 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Since the print has been lettered "Aux Quatre Vents", it was probably published by Cock's widow, Volcxken Diercx, after Cock's death in 1570. See Riggs, p. 55
Bibliographic references: New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700 (39.II) (Pieter Bruegel the Elder); Bastelaer 1908 / Les estampes de Peter Bruegel l'ancien (195.I); Lebeer 1969 / Catalogue raisonné des estampes de Bruegel l'ancien (29.I); Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (195.I) (after Pieter Bruegel the Elder); Riggs 1977 / Hieronymus Cock, Printmaker and Publisher (48)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Antonia Brentano; Purchased through: F A C Prestel (sale Frankfurt, 16.v.1870/1047); Purchased through: Colnaghi
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1870
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1870,0625.658

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