Droll Figures
Droll Figures
Droll Figures
Droll Figures

Currently not on view

Droll Figures,

1570–1600

Printed by the firm of Hieronymus Cock, 1507–1570; born and died Antwerp, Belgium
after Hieronymus Bosch, ca. 1450–1516; born Holland, Netherlands; died 's Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
x1940-6

Information

Title
Droll Figures
Dates

1570–1600

Maker
Printed by the firm of Hieronymus Cock
after Hieronymus Bosch
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
plate (sheet trimmed inside plate): 29.2 × 21.2 cm (11 1/2 × 8 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Frank Jewett Mather Jr.
Object Number
x1940-6
Place Made

Europe, Belgium, Antwerp

Inscription
Signed in plate, lower left corner: Ieron Bosch Inuent. Inscribed in plate, lower right corner: Aux Quatre vents Four lines in Dutch inscribed in plate along bottom: Dese Ieronimus bosch drollen, lang gheprophiteert / Siet, hoe elck sijnen strijt hier den sin, gheeft / Soo ongheschickt, nu oock tweerelts strijt verabuijseert, / alsoo dat elck vat, gheeft wt, sulcks hij in, heeft.
Reference Numbers
Hollstein 35
Culture
Netherlandish, European
Type
prints, engravings
Materials
printing ink
Techniques
engraving (printing process)
Subject
figures (representations), men, grotesques

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