Prudence

published 1559

Philip Galle

Artist, Netherlandish, 1537 - 1612

Hieronymus Cock

Publisher, Netherlandish, 1518 - 1570

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

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

Philip Galle after Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1980.45.232

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 313, 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. (Philips Galle, Manfred Sellink and Marjolein Leesberg, authors). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 313, state i/ii.

Inscriptions

lower left, in image, in plate: H. cock excu; lower center, in image, in plate: PRVDENTIA (Prudence); lower right, in cartouche, in plate: Bruegel Inuentor; lower margin, in plate: SI PRVDENS ESSE CVPIS, IN FVTVRVM PROSPECTVM IN OSTENDE, ET / QVAE POSSVNT CONTINGERE, ANIMO TVO CVNCTA PROPONE. (If you wish to be prudent, think always of the future and keep everything in the forefront of your mind.) [translation from Nadine Orenstein, ed., Pieter Bruegel the Elder: Drawings and Prints. Exhibition catalogue. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001, p. 183.]

Wikidata ID

Q65579238


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