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Luxuria (Unchastity),
1558
Peter van der Heyden, ca. 1530–after 1572; born Antwerp, Belgium; died Berchem, Belgium
after Pieter Bruegel the Elder, ca. 1525–1569; born Breda, Netherlands; died Brussels, Belgium
Published by Hieronymus Cock, 1507–1570; born and died Antwerp, Belgium
after Pieter Bruegel the Elder, ca. 1525–1569; born Breda, Netherlands; died Brussels, Belgium
Published by Hieronymus Cock, 1507–1570; born and died Antwerp, Belgium
x1946-71
Information
Title
Luxuria (Unchastity)
Dates
1558
Maker
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 22.7 x 29.7 cm. (8 15/16 x 11 11/16 in.)
sheet: 23 x 30.5 cm. (9 1/16 x 12 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Frank Jewett Mather Jr.
Object Number
x1946-71
Place Made
Europe, Belgium, Antwerp
Inscription
Inscribed in plate, lower left corner: brueghel • Inuentor • / H • Cock • excu • cu • priui
Initialed in plate, lower left: P / • AVE •
Titled in plate, lower center: LVXVRIA •
One line of Latin and one line of Flemish inscribed in plate below image, lower center: LXVXRIA ENERVAT VIRES, EFFOEMINAT ARTVS. … Sy breeckt die Crachten en sy Swackt die leden
Reference Numbers
Bastelaer 131; Hollstein 36 (Heyden), 131 (Bruegel); Lebeer 24; New Hollstein 27
Type
Materials
Techniques
- René van Bastelaer, Les estampes de Peter Brvegel l’ancien (Bruxelles: G. van Oest & Co., 1908)., no. 134, p. 47
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F.W.H. Hollstein, "Boekhorst-Bruegel," Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings, and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700, (Amsterdam: M. Hertzberger, 1949-2010).
, no. 7, p. 131 -
F.W.H. Hollstein, “Heer-Kuyl,” Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings, and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700 (Amsterdam: M. Hertzberger, 1953).
, no. 62 - Ludwig Münz, Bruegel: Zeichnungen (Köln: Phaidon Verlag, 1962)., no. 134
- Louis Lebeer, Catalogue raisonné des estampes de Bruegel l’Ancien (Bruxelles: Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, 1969)., no. 33
- Timothy A. Riggs, Hieronymus Cock, printmaker and publisher (New York: Garland Pub., 1977)., no. 66
- Nadine M. Orenstein and Manfred Sellink, ed., "Pieter Bruegel, the Elder" New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700 (Oudekerk aan den IJssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, in co-operation with the Rijksprentenkabinet, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 2006)., no. 15 (Bruegel), no. 311 (Galle)
