Nundinae Rusticorum (Rustic Market)

c. 1555/1557

Johannes and Lucas van Doetechum after Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Associated Names
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

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

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

The image depicts a landscape scene from a slightly elevated perspective. The horizon is placed towards the upper third of the composition, with distant hills and a soft gradient of clouds in the sky. The engraving technique shows detailed line work in the trees, houses, and landscape contour. A path winds between tall trees, with a fence and small buildings nearby. Rolling hills with more trees and buildings, including a church with a steeple, are visible. In the distance, the landscape continues with more hills and small buildings hinting at a town. The overall color palette is monochrome, using varying black and grey tones for depth, shading, and contrast.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate): 32 × 42.6 cm (12 5/8 × 16 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.416

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 17, State i/ii


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1987

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., November 1987.

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. 17, state i/ii.

Inscriptions

lower left, in image, in plate: brueghel inue / H. cock excude; in lower margin, in plate: NVNDINAE RVSTICORVM

Wikidata ID

Q65510261

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