Updated 27 October 2021
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
Pieter van der Heyden
Antwerp, c. 1530 - Berchem near Antwerp, c. 1572
Pieter Bruegel, the Elder (after)
Breda, ca. 1525 - Brussels, 1569
The Wedding of Mopsus and Nisa (after Pieter Bruegel the Elder)
Date | 1570 |
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Materials and Techniques | engraving |
Watermarks | Letter "P" in Gothic type |
Size(cm) | 21.8 x 28.3 (image); 25.1 x 31.1 (sheet) |
State | 1/IV |
Inscriptions | Monogram of Pieter van der Heyden in lower left; Inscribed at bottom right: H. Cock•excud•1570; In lower right corner: P. Bruegel Inuetor; In lower margin: MOPSO NISA DATVR, QVID NON SPEREMVS AMANTES• |
Standard ref. | Hollstein 216 I; New Hollstein 45 I |
Category | Prints |
Collection Number | G.2012-0007 |
Exhibition History
- 2018
- [Prints and Drawings Exhibition] Examining Western Prints – Engraving: Intricate Realms Conjured by the Burin, National Museum of Western Art, Prints and Drawings Gallery, Tokyo, 19 June 2018 - 24 September 2018, cat. no. 17
Bibliography
- 1908
- Van Bastelaer, René. Les estampes de Peter Bruegel l'Ancien. Bruxelles, 1908, no. 216.
- 1954
- Hollstein, F. W. H. Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700. vol III, Boekhorst-Brueghel. Amsterdam, 1954, p. 306, no. 216.
- 1970
- De Pauw-De Veen, Lydia. Hieronymus Cock: Prentenuitgever en graveur 1507?-1570, exh. cat. Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, Brussels, 1970, no. 123.
- 1977
- Riggs, Timothy A. Hieronymus Cock: Printmaker and Publisher. New York & London, 1977, p. 324, on. 51.
- 1989
- The Prints of Pieter Bruegel, the Elder (exh. cat.). Bridgestone Museum of Art, Tokyo, 7 January - 26 February; Ishibashi Museum of Art, Kurume, 4 March - 9 April; Mie Prefecrural Art Museum, 15 April - 14 May; Hiroshima Prefectural Museum of Art, 20 May - 18 June. Tokyo, The Tokyo Shimbun, c1989, cat. no. 80.
- 1992
- Van Bastelaer, René. The Prints of Peter Bruegel the Elder. San Francisco, 1992, no. 216.
- 1996
- Mielke, Hans. Pieter Bruegel: Die Zeichnungen. Belgium, 1996, p.67-68, no. 65
- 2001
- Müller, Jürgen. Pieter Bruegel invenit: Das druckgraphische Werk. Hamburg, 2001, no. 80.
- 2006
- The New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts 1450-1700, Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Ouderkerk aan den The New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts 1450-1700, Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Ouderkerk aan den IJssel, 2006, no. 45 I
- 2014
- Annual Bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 47 (Apr. 2012-Mar. 2013), 2014, List of New Acquisitions. p. 59.