Peasants Fighting over a Game of Cards
c.1620
Artist, Flemish, 1595 - 1675
Publisher, Flemish, 1595 - 1675

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and engraving on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet (trimmed within the platemark): 43 × 52.4 cm (16 15/16 × 20 5/8 in.)
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Accession
2023.67.6
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Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein, no. 126
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Friedrich August II, King of Saxony (1797-1854) [Lugt 972]. (Gillis/Goldman Fine Art, Brussels); purchased 2023 by NGA.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1949
Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger: no. 126
1993
The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700 (Bruegel), no. A67
Inscriptions
lower left in image: Pet. Bruegel invent.; lower center below image: Tityrus et sterili quondam Meliboes in agro... / ... Nescio quid maius Brabantica rura tulere. / EAReuter / CLARRISS.PRAESTANTISSIMOQ. VIRO, DNO IOANNI BRVGELIO, PETRI BRVEGELII SVI TEMPORIS APELLIS FILIO, PATERNAE ARTIS HAEREDI EX ASSE, HOC PATRIAE MANVS MONVMENTVM ARTIFICIOSISSIMVM L.M.Q.D.D. Lucas Vorsterman excud com privil
Markings
Friedrich August II, King of Saxony (Lugt 972)
Watermarks
none