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drawing of a view of a town with a river and a villagea drawing of a man and a woman on the beacha drawing of a wagon pulled by a horse in a fielddrawing of a view of a town with a horse drawn carriagea drawing of a man sitting under a tree in the woodsan old piece of paper with a drawing of a horse on itdrawing of a landscape with a village and a mountain in the background
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7 - Pieter Brueghel the Elder (after) (c.
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Estimate €3,000 - €4,000
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Pieter Brueghel the Elder (after) (c. 1525–c. 1569) Plaustrum Belgicum (The Belgian Chariot). (Plate from a series of 12 large landscapes). c. 1553–1556. Etching and engraving by Jan and Lucas van Doetecum. 428 x 322 mm. Lebeer 6; Hollstein 11; New Hollstein (Bruegel) 54. A fine print on thin laid paper, trimmed to a square edge but with the title block fully intact. A few light foxing spots and small thinning areas or minute holes inherent to the paper. Several long, fine oblique creases running down the centre. An oblique tear, 140 mm long, in the lower part of the subject, notably across the word ‘Plaustrum’, previously restored on the reverse. Another, shorter oblique tear across the cart, restored on the reverse. A 20 mm wide reinforcement strip (paper pulp) along the lower edge on the reverse. Two remnants of previous mounting in the top corners on the reverse. Reproduced in J. van der Stock, ed., Hieronymus Cock; Renaissance Engraving (exhibition at the Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels, and at the Custodia Foundation, Frits Lugt Collection), Paris, Brussels, published by Fonds Mercator, 2013, p. 386, no. 107.7. ‘The impression of a boundless environment is further emphasised by the majestic deltas depicted in *Plaustrum Belgicum*, *S. Hieronymus in deserto* and *Solicitudo rustica*. Several compositions glorify the dizzying spectacle of the high mountains, evoking a travel experience that had made a deep impression on the young man from the ‘flat country’: in his *Schilder-Boeck* (1604), Karel Van Mander writes that Bruegel had, as it were, ‘swallowed’ the Alps, only to recreate them later on canvases and panels. Yet even when they feature views of rugged mountains, most of the engravings in the ‘Great Landscapes’ series are nonetheless imbued with a local flavour… ’ (D. Allart, in J. van der Stock, ed., Hieronymus Cock; Engraving in the Renaissance, op. cit., p. 380). Expert: Hélène BONAFOUS-MURAT.
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