The rich man playing violin on the jawbone

Details

  • Title

    The rich man playing violin on the jawbone

  • Artist/maker

    Johannes Wierix (1549 - c. 1620) (printmaker)
    after Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1526 or 1630 - 1569) (designer)
  • Associated place

    Europe (place of creation)
  • Date

    1568
  • Material and technique

    engraving on laid paper

  • Object type

  • Dimensions

    plate 18 x 17.9 cm circular (height x width)
  • No. of items

    1

  • Credit line

    Bequeathed by Francis Douce, 1834.

  • Museum location

  • Museum department

    Western Art

  • Accession no.

    WA1863.6557

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Further reading

L. Alvin, Catalogue Raisonne de l'oeuvre des trois freres Jean, Jerome, and Antoine Wierix (Brussells, 1866), 1548

Hollstein, F. W. H., Hollstein Dutch & Flemish: Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700 (Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1949-), 1864

Hollstein, F. W. H., The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish: Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700 (Ouderkerk aan den IJssel, 1993-), A10

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