Updated 14 May 2025
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
Peasants Fighting over a Game of Cards
| Materials and Techniques | etching, engraving |
|---|---|
| Size（cm） | 42.6 x 52.2 |
| Inscriptions | At bottom left: Pet.Brugel inuent.; In the lower margin, inscribed and signed: Tityrus et sterili quandam Melibœus in agro/ Incaluére scyphis, et rixa forte coorta Caprinam ob lanam, stiua rastroque rigentes,/ Consuére manus, è duro robore scamnum Cum cyathis volitat, cereuisia tela ministrat./ Hos inter pota plorans cum Baucide Daphne Et Corydon coecos cupiunt sedare furores./ Vidit Bruegelius, Martem admiratus agrestem Horridaque exigua descripsit bella tabella./ Cede merum Coum, Cous concedat Apelles: Nescio quid maius Brabantica rura tulere/ F A Reuter (the letters FAR forming a monogram).; With the dedication: CLARISS.PRAESTANTISSIMOQ.VIRO, DNO IOANNI BREVGELIO, PETRI BRVEGELII SVI TEMPORIS APELLIS FILIO, PATERNAE ARTIS HAEREDI EX ASSE, HOC PATRIAE MANVS MONVMENTVM ARTIFICIOSISSIMVM,L.M.Q.D.D. Lucas Vorsterman excud. cum. priuil. |
| Standard ref. | Bastelaer 218; Lebeer 89; Gilchrist 218; The New Hollstein (Bruegel/Orenstein) A67 |
| Category | Prints |
| Collection Number | G.2008-0043 |
Provenance
Purchased by the NMWA, 2008.
Bibliography
- 2010
- Annual bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 43(Apr. 2008-Mar. 2009), 2010, List of New Acquisitions. pp. 47-48.