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Desidia: 23.I.8-87

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Desidia
Idleness
The Set of the Seven Vices

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Heyden, Pieter van der
Publisher: Cock, Hieronymus
Draughtsman: Bruegel, Pieter, the elder (After)

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount

Dating

16th Century
Production date: AD 1558

Note

Engraved in reverse after a drawing by Brueghel.

School or Style

Netherlandish

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Identification numbers

Accession number: 23.I.8-87
Primary reference Number: 142603
Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 126 (Brueghel)
Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 31 (Van der Heyden)
Van Someren: 126
Bastelaer: 126
Lebeer: 19
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 3 September 2019 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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