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Johann Theodor de Bry after Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Associated Names
Johann Theodor de Bry

Artist, Flemish, 1561 - 1623

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

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

This is a drawing of a scene with oversized sacks and scattered objects. The environment is cluttered with bags marked with symbols, surrounded by items like musical instruments, tools, and manuscripts. In the background, there are tents and buildings. The foreground shows jumbled objects, including a chessboard and open books. The title "Amor habendi." and a Latin inscription below suggest a theme related to want or greed. The intricate linework and detailed rendering give the scene a sense of complexity and movement, highlighting the disorderly accumulation of items.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.409

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 35, reversed copy of state i/ii


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. 35, reversed copy of state i/ii.

Inscriptions

above image, in letterpress: Amorhabendi.; upper center, on bag within image, in plate: NEMO NON; lower left, in image, in plate: 8; in lower margin, in plate: DIVERSOS DIVERSAIVVANT SED QVAERITVR AVRVM

Wikidata ID

Q65509996

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