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Big Fish eat little Fish
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PIETER VAN DER HEYDEN (CIRCA 1530-1572) AFTER PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER (1525-1569)
Big Fish eat little Fish
engraving, 1557, on laid paper, watermark Posthorn in Small Crowned Shield (not in Briquet), a fine, rich and tonal impression of this rare print, first state (of four), published by Hieronymus Cock, Antwerp, with narrow margins on three sides, trimmed on or just inside the platemark below
Plate 229 x 298 mm.
Sheet 231 x 301 mm.
Big Fish eat little Fish
engraving, 1557, on laid paper, watermark Posthorn in Small Crowned Shield (not in Briquet), a fine, rich and tonal impression of this rare print, first state (of four), published by Hieronymus Cock, Antwerp, with narrow margins on three sides, trimmed on or just inside the platemark below
Plate 229 x 298 mm.
Sheet 231 x 301 mm.
Provenance
Inscribed Amf Luca Torrigiani in brown ink verso.
With Colnaghi & Co., London (with their stocknumber C. 34109 in pencil verso).
With Colnaghi & Co., London (with their stocknumber C. 34109 in pencil verso).
Literature
Bastelaer, Hollstein 139; Lari 134; New Hollstein (Bruegel) 31; New Hollstein (Heyden 146); Hollstein (Bosch) 23; Hollstein (Cock) 137.
J. van Grieken, G. Luijten, J. van der Stock, Hieronymous Cock - The Renaissance in Print, New Haven & London, 2013, no. 67.
M. Bassens & J. van Grieken, Bruegel - The Complete Graphic Works, Brussels, 2019, no. 8.
M. Bass & E. Wyckoff, Beyond Bosch - The Afterlife of a Renaissance Master in Print, Saint Louis Art Museum & Harvard University Art Museums, 2015, no. 11; p. 126-129.
J. van Grieken, G. Luijten, J. van der Stock, Hieronymous Cock - The Renaissance in Print, New Haven & London, 2013, no. 67.
M. Bassens & J. van Grieken, Bruegel - The Complete Graphic Works, Brussels, 2019, no. 8.
M. Bass & E. Wyckoff, Beyond Bosch - The Afterlife of a Renaissance Master in Print, Saint Louis Art Museum & Harvard University Art Museums, 2015, no. 11; p. 126-129.
Exhibited
Saint Louis and Cambridge, Mass., Saint Louis Art Museum and Harvard University Art Museums, Beyond Bosch - The Afterlife of a Renaissance Master in Print, 2015-2016, no. 11, ill. (entry by Marisa Bass).
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
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