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9 - Pieter Brueghel the Elder (after) (c.
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Estimate €4,000 - €5,000
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Pieter Brueghel the Elder (after) (c. 1525–c. 1569) Nundinae Rusticorum (The Peasants’ Market). (One plate from a series of 12 large landscapes). c. 1553–1556. Etching and engraving by Jan and Lucas van Doetecum. 421 x 317 mm. Lebeer 8; Hollstein 13; New Hollstein (Bruegel) 59. A very fine and brilliant print on thin laid paper, from the 2nd state (of 3), preceding the number 2 following the excudit; the letter placement marks are still very visible (indicating one of the earliest proofs printed). A vertical centre drying crease and a few slight crease marks. A 20 mm wide reinforcement strip (paper pulp) along the upper edge on the reverse. A few light foxing spots, including a circular one in the sky on the right. Margins of 5 mm. Reproduced in J. van der Stock (ed.), Hieronymus Cock; Engraving in the Renaissance (exhibition at the Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels, and at the Custodia Foundation, Frits Lugt Collection), Paris, Brussels, Fonds Mercator, 2013, p. 388, no. 107.11. ‘… the overall conception [of the series] took shape as work progressed. Thus, *Fuga deiparae in Aegyptum* and *Nundinae rusticorum* were first printed without Bruegel’s name appearing on them, no doubt because Cock did not yet see this as a commercially compelling selling point. He quickly changed his mind, however, since in the second state of these prints – no doubt linked to the expansion of the initial project – Bruegel is now cited as the ‘inventor’, which reveals just how much the preparation of the Great Landscapes marked a decisive turning point in the young artist’s career. ’ (D. Allart, in J. van der Stock, ed., Hieronymus Cock; Engraving in the Renaissance, op. cit., p. 380). “One of the more intimate landscapes in the series, evoking Flemish villages rather than Alpine peaks. Oberhuber has argued that this etching displays a higher quality than many of the others in the series, suggesting it may be the work of one of the van Doetecum brothers working alone. See Oberhuber, ‘Zwischen Renaissance und Barock’, 1968.” (www.britishmuseum.org). Expert: Hélène BONAFOUS-MURAT.
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