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The Fall of the Magician, after Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Fall of the Magician

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The Fall of the Magician, 1565

Blatt: 218 x 289 mm

Inventory Number: 50274

Object Number: 50274 D

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

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: The Fall of the Magician

Inventor

afterPieter Bruegel the Elder

Production Place

Antwerp

Period Produced

16th century

Object Type

art print

Material

handmade paper

Technique

copperplate engraving

Label at the Time of Manufacture: Bezeichnet in der Platte unten rechts: Bruegel.inuent; auf dem Tisch links: .PAME. (Monogramm); unten mittig: Cock.excudebat.1565.; darunter: IDEM IMPETRAVIT A DEO VT MAGVS A DEMONIBVS DISCERPERETVR ·

Captions Added Later: Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356) sowie Stempel Brönner (Lugt 307); verso mittig handschriftlich mit Tuschfeder in braun "103"

Watermark: Mittig rechts Mondsichel, senkrecht, zweikonturig

Work Catalogues: NHD (Bruegel) 12 II/V
Hollstein (III) 118
Hollstein (IX) 16

Property and Acquisition

Work Content

Motifs and References

Iconclass

Primary

73F24life and acts of James the Great (the Elder)
73F242story of the conversion of Hermogenes the sorcerer
11Kdevil(s) and demons
31A2764falling through the air
31A45monsters of mixed human and animal shape; 'Mostri' (Ripa)

Secondary

48C75making music; musician with instrument
43A3723equilibrist
43A3726contortionist
44B1524court jester, court fool
31E2362191head of a beheaded person on a plate
31E236212headless body of a beheaded person
46A7crowd, mob
22C311nimbus, halo ~ radiance emanating from persons or things

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26.06.2026