The Festival of Saint George

c. 1561

Johannes van Doetechum the Elder

Artist, Netherlandish, 1528/1532 - 1605

Lucas van Doetechum

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

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 32.9 x 52.3 cm (12 15/16 x 20 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 37.5 x 54.1 cm (14 3/4 x 21 5/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1964.8.400

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 219, State i/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

William H. Schab; purchased 1959 by Lessing J. Rosenwald; gift to NGA, 1964.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1982

  • Lessing J. Rosenwald: Tribute to a Collector, NGA, 1982, no. 54, repro.

1996

  • Scenes of Daily Life: Genre Prints from the Housebook Master to Rembrandt van Rijn, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1996.

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. 219, state i/iii.

2018

  • Oberthaler, Elke, et al. Breugel: The Hand of the Master. Exh cat, Vienna, 2018: 121, fig. 1

Inscriptions

lower center, in image, in plate: H. COCK EXCVDEBAT; lower right, in cartouche, in plate: BRVEGEL INVENTOR; at right, on tavern sign, in plate: dit is in die kro[on] (this is the crown); at right, on banner, in plate: laet die boeren haer kermis houuen (let the peasants have their kermis) [translation from Nadine Orenstein, ed., Pieter Bruegel the Elder: Drawings and Prints. Exhibition catalogue. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001, p. 196.]

Wikidata ID

Q65510255

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