Epileptics Walking to the Left

1642

Hendrik Hondius I, after Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Associated Names
Hendrik Hondius I

Artist, Dutch, 1573 - 1649 or after

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Artist After, Netherlandish, c. 1525/1530 - 1569

A drawing of a group of people in a landscape setting. The individuals are closely grouped together, with their arms linked or intertwined. They are wearing long garments. In the background, there is a rural landscape with a bridge, trees, and a river, and additional figures crossing the bridge. The scene is highly detailed, emphasizing the textures of the clothing and natural elements.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Hope and Julian Edison

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 22.2 × 16.3 cm (8 3/4 × 6 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2019.114.6

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. A62, State ii/ii

  • Series Title

    Pilgrimage of the Epileptics to the Church at Molenbeeck

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Hope and Julian Edison [1929-2017], St. Louis; gift to the NGA, 2019.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Pieter Bruegel, Nadine Orenstein author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. A62, state ii/ii.

Inscriptions

in plate, in image at lower right: Hhondius sculp: 1642. Cum pr.; on verso, in graphite at center: Die [?] / Henrik Hondius sc (1580-1649) / nach P. Brueghel; on verso, in graphite at lower left: re Rene v. Bastelaer [?] 224. agt / Les Estampes de Peter l'ancien / grave par H. Hondius f 1588.-? / Nagler / 43; on verso, in graphite, at lower center: OTTBAHK/2

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