Updated 14 May 2025
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
Philips Galle
Haarlem, 1537 - Antwerp, 1612
Pieter Bruegel, the Elder
Breda, ca. 1525 - Brussels, 1569
Caritas (after Pieter Bruegel the Elder)
| Date | 1559 |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | engraving |
| Size（cm） | 22.2 x 28.8 (image); 27.7 x 33.7 (sheet) |
| State | 1/I |
| Inscriptions | In lower left: H. cock excude; Below figure: CHARITAS; In lower right: BRVEGEL 1559; In lower margin: SPERES TIBI ACCIDERE QVOD ALTERI ACCIDT, ITA DEMVM EXCITABERIS AD OPEM FERENDAM SI SVMPSERIS EIVS ANIMVM QVI OPEM TVNC IN MALIS CONSTITVTVS IMPLORAT. |
| Standard ref. | Bartsch 70:3; Hollstein 134; New Hollstein 15 |
| Category | Prints |
| Collection Number | G.2012-0005 |
Exhibition History
- 2024
- How to 'Read' Western Prints, Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art, 7 January 2024 - 24 March 2024, pp. 12, 23, cat. no. 14-1, col. repr.
Bibliography
- 1908
- Van Bastelaer, René. Les estampes de Peter Bruegel l'Ancien. Bruxelles, 1908, no. 134.
- 1967
- Oberhuber, Konrad. Zwischen Renaissance und Barock: Das Zeitalter von Bruegel und Bellange (exh. cat.). Albertina, Wien, 9 November 1967 – 18 Februar 1968, no. 55.
- 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. 33.
- 1992
- Van Bastelaer, René. The Prints of Peter Bruegel the Elder. San Francisco, 1992, no. 134.
- 1996
- Mielke, Hans. Pieter Bruegel: Die Zeichnungen. Belgium, 1996, p. 57, no. 46.
- 2006
- The New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts 1450-1700, Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Ouderkerk aan den IJssel, 2006 , no. 15
- 2014
- Annual Bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 47 (Apr. 2012-Mar. 2013), 2014, List of New Acquisitions. p. 59.
- 2024
- How to 'Read' Western Prints (exh. cat.). Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art, ed. Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art, 2024, pp. 12, 23, cat. no. 14-1, col. repr.