A Pedlar Is Selling Worthless Rubbish, But the Customer Is No Fool

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A Pedlar Is Selling Worthless Rubbish, But the Customer Is No Fool

c. 1568

Johannes Wierix (Flemish, 1549–c. 1620) After Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlandish (active Antwerp and Brussels), c. 1525–1569)

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Object Details

Titles:

A Pedlar Is Selling Worthless Rubbish, But the Customer Is No Fool
From the series Flemish Proverbs

Date:

c. 1568

Artists:

Johannes Wierix (Flemish, 1549–c. 1620) After Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlandish (active Antwerp and Brussels), c. 1525–1569)

Medium:

Engraving

Dimensions:

Plate (diameter): 7 x 7 inches (17.8 x 17.8 cm) Sheet: 7 1/4 x 7 1/16 inches (18.4 x 17.9 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

Gift of Carl Zigrosser, 1974

Accession Number:

1974-106-53

Geography:

Made in Antwerp, Southern Netherlands (modern Belgium), Europe

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