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Object Type
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
Production date: 1553-1556
Materials
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
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1928
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1928,1212.13

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