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The Misanthrope, Johan Wierix, after Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Johan Wierix, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Misanthrope

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Johan Wierix
nachPieter Bruegel the Elder

The Misanthrope, ca. 1568

From the Series "Flemish Proverbs"

Blatt: 369 x 270 mm
Platte: diameter: 179 mm

Inventory Number: 63726

Object Number: 63726 D

Acquisition: Acquired 1920

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

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Title: The Misanthrope
From the Series "Flemish Proverbs"

Engraver

Johan Wierix

Inventor

afterPieter Bruegel the Elder

Series: "Flemish Proverbs"

Period Produced

16th century

Object Type

art print

Material

handmade paper

Technique

copperplate engraving

Label at the Time of Manufacture: Unten links ·IH·W· (Monogramm) ; oben mittig: Je porte dueil voijant le monde, / Qui en tant de fraudes abonde. ; um die Darstellung herum: De sulck draecht rou: om dat de weerelt is onghetrou, Die meeste ghebruijcken minst recht en reden / Weijnich leester nou: also hij leuen sou, Men rooft men treckt elck steeckt vol gheueijsde seden.

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) A9
Hollstein (III) 169
Hollstein (LXVI) 1863

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10.07.2026