Milites Requiescentes (Soldiers at Rest)

c. 1555/1557

Johannes van Doetechum the Elder

Artist, Netherlandish, 1528/1532 - 1605

Lucas van Doetechum

Artist, Netherlandish, active 1554-1572; died before 1589

Hieronymus Cock

Publisher, Netherlandish, 1518 - 1570

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 32.2 x 42.7 cm (12 11/16 x 16 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.2122

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 21, State only

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1983

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., July 1983.

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. (van Doetecum family, Henk Nalis author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 21, state only.

Inscriptions

lower left, in image, in plate: bruegel inu; lower right, in image, in plate: h. cock excu; in lower margin, in plate: MILITES REQVIESCENTES

Wikidata ID

Q64959644

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