Heads of a Peasant Man and Woman

Adriaen Brouwer after Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Associated Names
Adriaen Brouwer

Artist, Flemish, 1605/1606 - 1638

Clement de Jonghe

Publisher, Dutch, c. 1624 - 1677

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

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

The image displays two side-by-side portraits of individuals in separate oval frames. On the left, the person is in profile, with distinct facial features and wearing a flat cap. On the right, the person faces forward with a somber expression and a cloth covering the head. The background is a cross-hatched pattern typical of engravings. The bottom of the image includes text with artistic attribution.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.401

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. A45, State only

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1908

  • Bastelaer, Rene van. Les estampes de Peter Bruegel l'ancien. Brussels: G. van Oest et Cie, 1908.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Pieter Bruegel, Nadine Orenstein author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. A45.

Inscriptions

lower left, in plate: P. Breugel Inventor.; lower right, in plate: Clemendt de Jonghe excudit.

Wikidata ID

Q65506445

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