Image
Flemish
The Crafty Bird-Catcher, ca. 1555/1556
Description
Maker
- Unknown
- Hieronymous Cock, ca. 1510-1570, Netherlandish, publisher
- After Pieter Bruegel I, b. 1525-1530, d. 1569, Flemish
Culture
Title
The Crafty Bird-Catcher
Year
ca. 1555/1556
Medium
Etching on light weight cream laid paper
Materials/Techniques
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Materials
Supports
Dimensions
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Plate/Image: 32.4 x 42.9 cm (12 3/4 x 16 7/8 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Verso:in pencil, LL:Nov 1900-gg·gl; bottom edge, left of center:de B.10; right of cener, bottom edge:DRIn Plate--In LR:BRVEGHEL INVE/ h. cock excudeb.; titled, LC:INSIDIOSVS AVCEPS
Identification
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State
only state Type
Credit
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Gift of Miss Ellen D. Sharpe
Object Number
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52.219
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