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Object Type
print
Museum number
1928,1212.13
Title
Series:
Large Landscapes
Description
Pagus Nemorosus; a covered wagon is driven along a road through a large puddle in the middle of a wooded village, accompanied by several figures, some in soldier's attire; to the right another figure raises his hand in greeting; behind him several stone buildings and a church tower rise from the trees; further along the road another covered wagon disappears into the forest; only a limited vista through the trees into the distance at the left, with a town on the banks of a large river or sea; first state before address of Clement de Jonghe; 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:
323 millimetres
Width:
433 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
(57.I)
(Pieter Bruegel the Elder)
Bastelaer 1908 / Les estampes de Peter Bruegel l'ancien
(16)
Lebeer 1969 / Catalogue raisonné des estampes de Bruegel l'ancien
(11.I)
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(16.I)
(after Pieter Bruegel the Elder)
Riggs 1977 / Hieronymus Cock, Printmaker and Publisher
(28.11)
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
1986 Sep-Nov, London, NG, 'Dutch Landscape' 1996/7 Oct-Jan, London, NG, Rubens' Landscapes
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
C G Boerner
(sale 15/6.xi.1928/131, 200M)
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Friedrich August II, King of Saxony
Acquisition date
1928
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1928,1212.13