Name: PIETER VAN DER HEYDEN (CIRCA 1530-1572) AFTER PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER (1525-1569)
Brand: Big Fish eat little Fish
Price: 30000.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

PIETER VAN DER HEYDEN (CIRCA 1530-1572) AFTER PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER (1525-1569)
Big Fish eat little Fish
engraving
1557
on laid paper, watermark Gothic P and countermark small Gothic P with a Quatrefoil
a fine, tonal and atmospheric impression of this rare print
first state (of three)
published by Hieronymus Cock, Antwerp
printing strongly and richly, with good contrasts
with small margins
generally in good condition
Plate 228 x 295 mm.
Sheet 233 x 300 mm.

Karl & Faber, Munich, 18-21 October 1965, lot 81.
Acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.

Bastelaer, Hollstein 139; Lari 134; New Hollstein (Bruegel) 31; New Hollstein (Heyden 146); Hollstein (Bosch) 23; Hollstein (Cock) 137.
J. van Grieken, G. Luijten, J. van der Stock, Hieronymous Cock - The Renaissance in Print, New Haven & London, 2013, no. 67 (another impression illustrated).
M. Bassens & J. van Grieken, Bruegel - The Complete Graphic Works, Brussels, 2019, no. 8 (another impression illustrated).
M. Bass & E. Wyckoff, Beyond Bosch - The Afterlife of a Renaissance Master in Print, Saint Louis Art Museum & Harvard University Art Museums, 2015, no. 11; p. 126-129 (another impression illustrated).

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Pieter Bruegel, who worked very closely with Pieter van der Heyden and other engravers, and the publisher Hieronymus Cock, on the translation of his works into the print medium, made very detailed preparatory drawings for his prints. The model drawing for this print, carefully executed in pen, brush and ink and dated 1556, is at the Albertina, Vienna (inv. no. 78755).