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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.139
People
Pieter van der Heyden, Netherlandish (Antwerp c. 1530 - after 1572 Berchem)
After Pieter Bruegel, the Elder, Netherlandish (Breda (?), Belgium 1526/30 - 1569 Brussels, Belgium)
Published by At the Sign of the Four Winds
Title
Peasant Wedding Dance
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
after 1570
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/362973

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving and etching on off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving and etching
Dimensions
sheet: 37.6 × 42.5 cm (14 13/16 × 16 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left, in plate: P BRVEGEL. INVENT
  • inscription: lower center, in plate: Aux quatre Vents
  • inscription: lower right, in plate: P / AVE
  • inscription: lower left, in plate, below image: Locht op ƒpeelman ende latet wel durren, / Soo langh als de lul ghaet en den rommel vermach: / Doet lÿƒe wel dapper haer billen rueren, / Want ten is vry met haer gheen bruÿloft. alden dach.
  • inscription: lower right, in plate, below image: Nu hebbelÿck hannen danƒt ƒoomen plach,. / Ick luÿƒter na de pÿp en ghÿ miƒt den voete: / Maer ons bruÿt neemt nu van danƒen verdrach, / Trouwens, tis oock beƒt, want ƒÿ ghaet vol en foete.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Julian Edison, Saint Louis; by descent; to Hope Rabb Edison, his wife, Saint Louis, 2017, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2019

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/iv
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 31; Bastelaer Lafond 210

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Hope R. Edison '56 in memory of Julian I. Edison '51, MBA '53
Accession Year
2019
Object Number
2019.139
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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