Pagus Nemorosus (Wooded Village)

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 shows a rural village landscape from an elevated perspective. The horizon is high in the composition beneath clouds, and a church spire is visible in the distance among trees. A detailed woodland scene is depicted, with trees and a horse-drawn covered wagon on a path. People are shown near the path. The color palette is monochromatic in shades of beige and dark brown, typical of detailed etchings or engravings.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within plate): 30.7 × 42 cm (12 1/16 × 16 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.419

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 20, 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. (van Doetecum family, Henk Nalis author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 20, state i/ii.

Inscriptions

lower left, in image, in plate: brueghel inue; lower left, in image, in plate: .h. cock excu.; in lower margin, in plate: PAGVS NEMOROSVS

Wikidata ID

Q65510264

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