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The Man with the Money-Bag and his Flatterers, Johan Wierix, after Pieter Bruegel the Elder; circle

Johan Wierix, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Man with the Money-Bag and his Flatterers

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Johan Wierix
nachPieter Bruegel the Elder circle

The Man with the Money-Bag and his Flatterers, ca. 1568

From the Series "Flemish Proverbs"

Blatt: 371 x 259 mm
Platte: diameter: 178 mm

Inventory Number: 63725

Object Number: 63725 D

Acquisition: Acquired 1920

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

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Title: The Man with the Money-Bag and his Flatterers
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: Unten mittig: ·IH·W· ; mittig auf dem Rücken des Hockenden: On ne sait comme entrer on veut, / Au tron de cil qui donner peut. ; um die Darstellung herum: Die ghelt te gheuen heeft onder hooghe en slechte, En dat hij wat milt laet van sijnen schat, druijpen, Hij crijcht Offitien en comt t'sijnen rechte, want elck en weet niet hoe hem sal in t'gat cruijpen.

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

Watermark: Gotischer Buchstabe "P" mit Vierblatt und weiterem Beizeichen darunter

Work Catalogues: NHD (Bruegel) A8
Hollstein (III) 168
Hollstein (LXVI) 1862

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10.07.2026