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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.141
People
Pieter van der Heyden, Netherlandish (Antwerp c. 1530 - after 1572 Berchem)
Manner of Hieronymus Bosch, Netherlandish (c. 1450 - 1516 's-Hertogenbosch, Belgium)
Published by Hieronymus Cock, Netherlandish (Antwerp 1510 - 1570 Antwerp)
Title
The Blue Boat
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Die Blau Schuyte
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1559
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/362975

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving on off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 22.5 × 29.1 cm (8 7/8 × 11 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left, in plate: Hieronÿmus. Bos. Inuentor.
  • inscription: lower left, in plate: P / AE
  • inscription: lower left, in plate: Cock excudebat 1559 / cum gratia et priuilegio
  • inscription: lower left, below image: Daer platbroeck ƒpeelman is en ƒtierman in de bane / Daer ƒien hem de boghelen boer eenen huÿben ane
  • inscription: lower right, below image: En al fierf ƒÿn gheƒselƒcap datƒe moghen ƒweten / Het ƒullen de ƒanghers in de blau ƒchuÿte heeten
  • label: on mat, lower right, printed text, brown circle: SOTHEBY'S / 110 / FOUNDED 1774.
  • inscription: center, on boat: bie blaŭ Schŭÿte

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Sotheby's, New York, May 13, 1993, lot 110]. 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/ii
Standard Reference Number
Hollstein 20; Lafond 15

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
2019.141
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Old Master, 19th and 20th Century Prints, auct. cat., Sotheby's, New York (New York, May 13, 1993), lot 110, repr.

Exhibition History

  • The Humor and Wit of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Calvin College Center Art Gallery, 10/21/2010 - 12/11/2010

Verification Level

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