[Rustic wedding dance] [graphic] / P. Brueghel inu. ; W. Hollar fecit ao. 1650.
1650
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Details
Title
[Rustic wedding dance] [graphic] / P. Brueghel inu. ; W. Hollar fecit ao. 1650.
Variant title
Pennington title: Wedding feast, after Brueghel
Edition
[Counterproof].
Created/published
[Antwerp] : A.A. Bierling excud, [1650]
Description
1 print : etching (counterproof) ; etched area 258 x 374 mm
Associated name
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677, printmaker.
Bruegel, Pieter, approximately 1525-1569, artist.
Bruegel, Pieter, 1564-1638, artist.
Bierling, Adam Alexius, 1625-1675, publisher.
Bruegel, Pieter, approximately 1525-1569, artist.
Bruegel, Pieter, 1564-1638, artist.
Bierling, Adam Alexius, 1625-1675, publisher.
Material base
paper
Summary
Counterproof of an etching showing a wedding feast in a village landscape. The bride is seated under a tree in the middle distance at a table screened by a sheet; peasants dance in the foreground. A millstream and mill in the middle distance.
Note
Title from New Hollstein.
In lower margin, two Latin couplets beginning Non has condit Hymen mensas.
After Pieter Bruegel (the Elder, according to Pennington; the Younger, according to others).
Bierling was active in Antwerp.
In lower margin, two Latin couplets beginning Non has condit Hymen mensas.
After Pieter Bruegel (the Elder, according to Pennington; the Younger, according to others).
Bierling was active in Antwerp.
Cited/described in
Pennington, R. Descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar, 597
New Hollstein German etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700, Hollar 1087
New Hollstein German etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700, Hollar 1087
Genre/form
Prints.
Place of creation/publication
Belgium -- Antwerp.
Item Details
Call number
ART 256- 914 (size M)
Folger accession
256914