Peasants Fighting over a Game of Cards, c.1620

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Medium

etching and engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet (trimmed within the platemark): 43 × 52.4 cm (16 15/16 × 20 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Ruth and Jacob Kainen Memorial Acquisition Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 126

Accession Number

2023.67.6

Artists / Makers

Lucas Emil Vorsterman (artist) Flemish, 1595 - 1675

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (artist after) Netherlandish, c. 1525/1530 - 1569

Lucas Emil Vorsterman (publisher) Flemish, 1595 - 1675

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Inscription

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

Marks and Labels

Friedrich August II, King of Saxony (Lugt 972)

Provenance

Friedrich August II, King of Saxony (1797-1854) [Lugt 972]. (Gillis/Goldman Fine Art, Brussels); purchased 2023 by NGA.

Associated Names

Eric Gillis & Associates
Friedrich August II, King of Saxony

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