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Portrait of Pieter Brueghel the Younger, Aegidius Sadeler, after Bartholomäus Spranger

Aegidius Sadeler, Bartholomäus Spranger

Portrait of Pieter Brueghel the Younger

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Aegidius Sadeler
nachBartholomäus Spranger

Portrait of Pieter Brueghel the Younger, 1606

Blatt: 310 x 270 mm

Inventory Number: 51979

Object Number: 51979 D

Status: Not on display

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Portrait of Pieter Brueghel the Younger

Engraver

Aegidius Sadeler

Inventor

afterBartholomäus Spranger

Publisher

Marcus Sadeler

Period Produced

16th century

Object Type

art print

Material

handmade paper

Technique

copperplate engraving

Label at the Time of Manufacture: Unten links: Bar. Sprangers Inuentor.; unten rechts: Marco Sadeler excudit; unter der Darstellung in 5 Zeilen: Ars Naturam vicerat [...] tibi superstes est.; darunter: Patrem Filio, hunc illo, sibi, utrumque seculis; Artis, Naturae / Posteritatis, cultor, admirator, amator Sac. Caes. Mai. sculptor / AEgidius Sadeler, exhibet. [liegende 8].DC.VI.

Captions Added Later: Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit Inventarnummer sowie Stempel Brönner, Lugt 307

Watermark: 3 Halbmonde, kleiner werdend

Work Catalogues: Hollstein (XXI) 279 III/V

Property and Acquisition

Work Content

Motifs and References

Iconclass

Primary

48B3portrait, self-portrait of artist
61B2(BRUEGHEL, Pieter, der Jüngere)1historical person (BRUEGHEL, Pieter, der Jüngere) - historical person(BRUEGHEL, Pieter, der Jüngere) portrayed
31D14(+4)adult man (+ three-quarter view)
48C5156frame of painting, etc.
92C27specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Minerva; Minerva as patroness
92C2811Aegis: breast-plate or skin with Gorgon's head (attribute of Minerva)
92B57specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Mercury; Mercury as patron
92B58(CADUCEUS)caduceus (staff with two snakes, attribute of Mercury)
59B32Fame; 'Fama', 'Fama buona', 'Fama chiara' (Ripa)

Secondary

48C515tools, implements of painter
49D511drawing-instruments
11GG1923angel(s) with torch - GG - lower angel(s) without wings
42E33sarcophagus
11R71skull as symbol of 'Vanitas'
48A9875ornament ~ festoon, garland
41B34oil-lamp

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26.06.2026