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Soldiers at rest, after Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Soldiers at rest

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Soldiers at rest, ca. 1555 – ca. 1557

From the Series "The large Landscapes"

Blatt: 324 x 432 mm

Inventory Number: 9202

Object Number: 9202 D

Acquisition: Ancient Holdings

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

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Soldiers at rest
From the Series "The large Landscapes"

Inventor

afterPieter Bruegel the Elder

Series: "Die großen Landschaften"

Production Place

Antwerp

Period Produced

16th century

Object Type

art print

Material

handmade paper

Technique

Label at the Time of Manufacture: Bezeichnet in der Platte unten links: bruegel inu; unten rechts: h.cock excu.; unten mittig: MILITES REQVIESCENTES

Captions Added Later: Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356); verso unten rechts handschriftliche Beschriftungen in Bleistift: "N 25", "N6" (gestrichen), "3"

Watermark: Mittig rechts "B" in Kreissegment

Work Catalogues: NHD (Bruegel) 58
NHD (Doetecum) 21
Hollstein (III) 14

Property and Acquisition

Work Content

Motifs and References

Iconclass

Primary

25H114(+1)low hill country (+ landscape with figures, staffage)
25H113(high) hill
25H213river
45Bthe soldier; the soldier's life
31BB19resting - BB - out of doors

Secondary

45C14(HALBERD)helved weapons, polearms (for striking, hacking, thrusting): halberd
45C14(LANCE)helved weapons, polearms (for striking, hacking, thrusting): lance
31A2351sitting on the ground
45K13fortress
25G3trees
25G3(+24)trees (+ root, tuber)
46C131riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman
46C133pack-animal
44G321(GALLOWS)instruments of torture, execution or punishment: gallows

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26.06.2026