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Object Type
Museum number: 1931,1114.427
Description: Skating before the Saint George's Gate, Antwerp; a bridge with wagons leads to city gate across middle ground, while skaters fill the frozen canal; second state with lettering in upper margin; after Pieter Bruegel the Elder Engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Frans Huys; After: Pieter Bruegel the Elder; Published by: Joannes Galle
School/style
Production date: 1550-1562 (c.)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 232 millimetres; Width: 296 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: For another impression of the second state, see 1846,0509.138. For the first state of this print and commentary, see 1931,1114.426. Cock's name and Huys' initials have been removed in this second edition.
Bibliographic references: New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700 (41.II) (Pieter Bruegel the Elder); Bastelaer 1908 / Les estampes de Peter Bruegel l'ancien (205.II); Lebeer 1969 / Catalogue raisonné des estampes de Bruegel l'ancien (51.II); Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (205.II) (after Pieter Bruegel the Elder)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated places: Topographic representation of: Antwerp (city)
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1931
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1931,1114.427

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