Portrait of Pieter Bruegel the Elder

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Portrait of Pieter Bruegel the Elder

1606

Aegidius Sadeler II (Flemish, c. 1570–1629) After a drawing by Bartholomeus Spranger (Flemish (active Prague and Italy), 1546–1611) Published by Marco Sadeler (Flemish, 1614–after 1650) Portrait of Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlandish (active Antwerp and Brussels), c. 1525–1569)

Printed long after Bruegel’s death, this commemorative portrait shows the artist’s image surrounded by a frame above a sarcophagus. The figures of Minerva, Mercury, and Fame around the frame extol Bruegel’s artistic virtuosity, still celebrated in the seventeenth century.

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Object Details

Titles:

Portrait of Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Date:

1606

Artists:

Aegidius Sadeler II (Flemish, c. 1570–1629) After a drawing by Bartholomeus Spranger (Flemish (active Prague and Italy), 1546–1611) Published by Marco Sadeler (Flemish, 1614–after 1650) Portrait of Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlandish (active Antwerp and Brussels), c. 1525–1569)

Medium:

Engraving

Dimensions:

Plate: 12 1/8 x 8 1/4 inches (30.8 x 21 cm) Sheet: 12 5/8 x 8 1/2 inches (32 x 21.6 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

The Muriel and Philip Berman Gift, acquired from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, with funds contributed by Muriel and Philip Berman, gifts (by exchange) of Lisa Norris Elkins, Bryant W. Langston, Samuel S. White 3rd and Vera White, with additional funds contributed by John Howard McFadden, Jr., Thomas Skelton Harrison, and the Philip H. and A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation, 1985

Accession Number:

1985-52-9021

Geography:

Made in Southern Netherlands (modern Belgium), Europe Published in Venice, Italy, Europe

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