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Object Type
print
Museum number
1875,0410.184
Description
Three Fools of Carnival; three fools playing with their fool's baubles. 1642 Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Hendrik Hondius I
After:
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
School/style
Dutch
Production date
1642
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
118 millimetres
Width:
155 millimetres
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Curator's comments
See 1871-12-9-974 for the pair to this print and commentary
Bibliographic references
Bastelaer 1908 / Les estampes de Peter Bruegel l'ancien
(226)
Lebeer 1969 / Catalogue raisonné des estampes de Bruegel l'ancien
(95.I)
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(226)
(after P. Bruegel)
New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700
(34.I)
(Hendrik Hondius)
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
2000 May-Jul, Brighton, Museum and Art Gallery, 'Carnivalesque' 2000 Jul-Sep, Nottingham, Castle Museum, 'Carnivalesque' 2000 Oct-Dec, Edinburgh, City Art Centre, 'Carnivalesque'
Acquisition name
Donated by:
James Hughes Anderdon
Acquisition date
1875
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1875,0410.184
Conservation
Treatment
: 22 Mar 2000