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Object Type
Museum number: 1934,0609.19
Title: Series: Large Landscapes
Description: Fuga Deiparae in Aegyptum; Mary and the Christ Child rest on a log beneath a stand of trees in the foreground, accompanied by a gesturing Joseph and a donkey; behind them to the right a forested landscape with a pond and a few manor houses and cottages leads to a high jutting cliff in the distance; to their left, a wide river valley leads to the horizon; second state with address of Pieter Bruegel the Elder; 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: 314 millimetres; Width: 423 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: This is one from a series of twelve; for comment see 1922,0410.265. There is a fine crack in the plate near the letter "g" in "Fuga". D. Freedberg, following Oberhuber, argues that these figures are clearly added by another hand. See D. Freedberg, 'The Prints of Pieter Bruegel the Elder,' Tokyo, 1989, no.10. Oberhuber has also suggested that the high quality of the etching in this print indicates the work of one of the van Doetecum brothers working alone. See K. Oberhuber, 'Zwischen Renaissance und Barock,' 1969.
Bibliographic references: New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700 (60.II) (Pieter Bruegel the Elder); Bastelaer 1908 / Les estampes de Peter Bruegel l'ancien (15); Lebeer 1969 / Catalogue raisonné des estampes de Bruegel l'ancien (10); Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (15) (after Pieter Bruegel the Elder); Riggs 1977 / Hieronymus Cock, Printmaker and Publisher (28.10)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Representation of: St Joseph; Representation of: Jesus Christ; Representation of: Virgin Mary
Acquisition name: Purchased from: C G Boerner (sale Leipzig 14/5.v.1934/117); Purchased through: Colnaghi
Acquisition date: 1934
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1934,0609.19

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