Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Pieter Bruegel the Elder is a central figure of the Northern Renaissance, whose inventive imagery shaped both painting and printmaking in sixteenth-century Europe. The sheets gathered here concentrate on his engraved work, with engraving dominating the selection and a smaller group in etching and engraving, alongside subjects ranging from rustic markets and soldiers at rest to skating scenes, kermis festivities and allegories such as Envy from the Seven Deadly Sins. The collection comprises 55 works, with impressions up to 1571, reflecting the wide circulation of his designs through the print trade.
55 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)
The Descent of Christ Into Limbo (1551)
1551 · Engraving; first state of two
The Temptation of St. Anthony (1556)
1556 · Engraving
Patience (Patientia)
1557 · Engraving
Big Fish Eat Little Fish (1557, Met-Objekt 1885)
1557 · Engraving; fourth state of four
The Ass at School
1557 · Engraving
Envy (Invidia), from "The Seven Deadly Sins"
1558 · Engraving; first state of two
Gluttony (Gula) from The Seven Deadly Sins
1558 · Engraving
The Last Judgment (1558, Met-Objekt 1899)
1558 · Engraving; first state of two
Pride (Superbia) from The Seven Deadly Sins
1558 · Engraving
Avarice (Avaritia) from The Seven Deadly Sins
1558 · Engraving; first state of two
Avarice (Avaritia), from the series The Seven Deadly Sins
1558 · Engraving; first state of two
The Stone Operation or The Witch of Mallegem
1559 · Engraving; third state of five
Hope (Spes), from 'The Virtues'
1559–60 · Engraving
The Rabbit Hunt
1560 · Etching
Armed Three-master with Daedalus and Icarus in the Sky from The Sailing Vessels
1561–65 · Engraving; first state of three
Fleet of Galleys Escorted by a Caravel from The Sailing Vessels
1561–65 · Engraving and etching
Four-master and Two Three-masters Anchored near a Fortified Island, from "The Sailing Vessels"
1561–65 · Engraving and etching; first state of three
Three Caravels in a Rising Squall with Arion on a Dolphin from "The Sailing Vessels"
1561–65 · Engraving and etching; first state of six
Armed Three-Master on the Open Sea Accompanied by a Galley from The Sailing Vessels
1561–65 · Engraving and etching; second state of three
Armed Four-Master Sailing Towards a Port from The Sailing Vessels
1561–65 · Engraving; second state of four
Armed Three-Master on the Open Sea Accompanied by a Galley, from the series Sailing Vessels
1561–65 · Engraving; second state of three
Two Galleys Sailing Behind an Armed Three-Master with Phaeton and Jupiter in the Sky, from the series of Ships
1561–65 · Engraving; first state of two
Three Caravels in a Rising Squall with Arion on a Dolphin from The Sailing Vessels
1561–65 · Engraving; first state of six
Four-Master (Left) and Two Three-Masters Anchored near a Fortified Island with a Lighthouse from The Sailing Vessels
1561–65 · Engraving; first state of three
The Fat Kitchen (1563, Met-Objekt 1923)
1563 · Engraving; first state
The Thin Kitchen
1563 · Engraving; first state
A Dutch Hulk and a Boeier from The Sailing Vessels
1565 · Engraving; first state of two
The Parable of the Good Shepherd
1565 · Engraving; fourth state of four
St. James and the Magician Hermogenes (1565, Met-Objekt 1904)
1565 · Engraving; first state of three
St. James and the Magician Hermogenes (1565, Met-Objekt 1906)
1565 · Engraving; first state of three
The Harvesters
1565 · Oil on wood
The Dirty Bride or the Marriage of Mopsus and Nisa
1570 · Engraving; first state of four
Christ and the Disciples on the Way to Emmaus
1571 · Etching and engraving; second state of two
The Alchemist
after 1558 · Engraving; first state of three
The Festival of Fools
after 1570 · Engraving; second state of three
Festival of Fools
after 1570 · Engraving; second state of three
Rustic Market (Nundinae Rusticorum), from "The Large Landscapes" (ca. 1555–56, Met-Objekt 1846)
ca. 1555–56 · Etching and engraving; second state of three
Soldiers at Rest (Milites Requiescentes), from "The Large Landscapes"
ca. 1555–56 · Etching and engraving
Rustic Market (Nundinae Rusticorum), from "The Large Landscapes" (ca. 1555–56, Met-Objekt 1870)
ca. 1555–56 · Etching with engraving; second state of three
Euntes in Emaus (Landscape with Pilgrims at Emmaus)
ca. 1555–56 · Etching and engraving
Euntes in Emaus (Landscape with Pilgrims at Emmaus), from "The Large Landscapes"
ca. 1555–56 · Etching and engraving
Wooded Region (Pagus Nemorosus), from "The Large Landscapes"
ca. 1555–56 · Etching with engraving; first state of two
Skating before the St. George's Gate, Antwerp
ca. 1558 · Engraving; first state of two
Everyman (ca. 1558)
ca. 1558 · Engraving with letterpress text; first state of two with letterpress text version B
The Kermis at Hoboken
ca. 1559 · Engraving; second state of four
Faith (Fides), from 'The Virtues'
ca. 1559–60 · Engraving; first state of two
Hope (Spes) from The Virtues
ca. 1559–60 · Engraving
Faith (Fides) from The Virtues (ca. 1559–60, Met-Objekt 1917)
ca. 1559–60 · Engraving; first state of two
The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins (ca. 1560–63)
ca. 1560–63 · Engraving; first state of two
The Descent of Christ Into Limbo (ca. 1561)
ca. 1561 · Engraving; first state of two
The Dirty Bride or The Wedding of Mopsus and Nisa
ca. 1566 · Pen and black-brown ink on white-prepared partially carved block of applewood
The Rich Man Playing Violin on a Jaw Bone (ca. 1568)
ca. 1568 · Engraving
One Begs in Vain at the Door of the Deaf, from Twelve Flemish Proverbs
ca. 1568 · Engraving
The Scolding Woman and the Cackling Hen
ca. 1568 · Engraving
The Misanthrope Robbed by the World, from Twelve Flemish Proverbs
ca. 1568 · Engraving