Pieter van der Heyden
The Land of Cockaigne

CultureDutch
Titles
  • The Land of Cockaigne
Datec. 1570
PlaceNetherlands
MediumEngraving, state I/III
DimensionsPlate/Sheet: 8 1/16 × 11 in. (20.5 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Museum Collectors and by the Trustees of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Object number2000.244
Non exposé

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Object Type
ProvenanceAlbert van Loock (1917-2011?), Brussels (Lugt 3751)
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "Patrons Choice: The Silver Anniversary of The Museum Collectors, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 18, 2004 - January 30, 2005. Millennium Gallery and Public Corridor.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
The plate bears the following inscription along the lower edge: "Die dear luÿ en lacker fÿt beor crÿfman oft clercken / die gheraeckt daer en fmaeckt claer van als fonder werken / Die tuÿnen fÿn worsten die buÿfen met vlaÿ en / cappuÿnen en kieckens tvliechter al ghebrÿen"

The sheet has a monogram stamped in blue, recto, lower right: "ABV" pierced by a crucifix.

There is an illegible monogram stamped in black, verso, lower right.

Inscribed in pencil, verso, upper right: "Luilekkerlaw / B 147 Bs"
The plate is signed in the lower right: "P Breugel / inventor"
collector's mark
Catalogue raisonnéHollstein 147a, Lebeer 63:i/IV (Lebeer believes that Holl. 147 and 147a are different states of the same print), Orenstein 116

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