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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M14485
People
Pieter Bruegel, the Elder, Netherlandish (Breda (?), Belgium 1526/30 - 1569 Brussels, Belgium)
Title
Charity
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Seven Cardinal Virtues
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1559
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/257365

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 22.5 × 29.1 cm (8 7/8 × 11 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower center, in plate: CHARITAS
  • inscription: lower left, in plate: H. Cock excude.
  • inscription: lower right, in plate: BRVEGEL. 1559
  • inscription: lower center, in plate: SPERÉS TIBI ACCIDERE QVOD ALTERI ACCIDÍT, ITA DEMVM EXCITABERIS AD OPEM FERENDAM / SI SVMPERSIS EIVS ANIMVM QVI OPEM TVNC IN MALIS CONSTITVTVS IMPLORAT

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Wick, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1966

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/i
Standard Reference Number
Bastelaer no. 134; Hollstein 134; New Hollstein 15; Lebeer no. 33

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Wick
Accession Year
1966
Object Number
M14485
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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