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Every Pedlar Praises His Own Wares, Johan Wierix, after Pieter Bruegel the Elder; circle

Johan Wierix, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Every Pedlar Praises His Own Wares

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Johan Wierix
nachPieter Bruegel the Elder circle

Every Pedlar Praises His Own Wares, ca. 1568

From the Series "Flemish Proverbs"

Blatt: 372 x 259 mm
Platte: diameter: 178.5 mm

Inventory Number: 63729

Object Number: 63729 D

Acquisition: Acquired 1920

Status: On display, Department of Prints and Drawings Exhibition Gallery

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Every Pedlar Praises His Own Wares
From the Series "Flemish Proverbs"

Engraver

Johan Wierix

Inventor

afterPieter Bruegel the Elder circle

Series: "Flemish Proverbs"

Period Produced

16th century

Object Type

art print

Material

handmade paper

Technique

copperplate engraving

Label at the Time of Manufacture: Unter linkem Mann: B. ; unter rechtem Mann: A ; unten mittig: A. Voicij des rets / tropes / et fleutes: Telle denree onques vous neutes. / B. Va ten mercier va ten dicy: Ven ailleurs ta denree aussi. ; um die Darstellung herum: A. Hier netten ende trompen ja oock schoon fluijten, Gheen beter ware men nu hier in d'landt en vindt. B. Wech versiet v Crémere loopt elders stuijten, Daer t'volck noch is hoorende doof en siende blindt.

Captions Added Later: Unten rechts händisch mit Bleistift beschriftet "O?"; verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356) mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark: Unten mittig gotischer Buchstabe "P" mit Vierblatt und weiterem Beizeichen darunter

Work Catalogues: NHD (Bruegel) A11
Hollstein (III) 171
Hollstein (LXVI) 1865

Property and Acquisition

Work Content

Motifs and References

Iconclass

Primary

25I24public road in village
31D14(+72)adult man (+ two persons)
31A235sitting figure
41A723bench
46B221street-trader
46B42examining merchandise

Secondary

41A7751container made of plant material other than wood: basket
48C73511recorder (musical instrument)
48C7326(JEW'S HARP)other string instruments (JEW'S HARP) (JEW'S HARP)
41A777container of textile material: bag, sack
41A334sunblind, sunshade, awning

Associative

86proverbs, sayings, etc.

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