2019.138: The Big Fish Eat the Little Fish

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2019.138

People

Pieter van der Heyden, Netherlandish (Antwerp c. 1530 - after 1572 Berchem)
After Pieter Bruegel, the Elder, Netherlandish (Breda (?), Belgium 1526/30 - 1569 Brussels, Belgium)
Published by Hieronymus Cock, Netherlandish (Antwerp 1510 - 1570 Antwerp)

Title

The Big Fish Eat the Little Fish

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1557

Culture

Netherlandish

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/362972

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Engraving on cream antique laid paper

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

sheet: 22.6 × 29.5 cm (8 7/8 × 11 5/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in plate, lower left: Hier onymus Bos. / inuentor / PAME; center: ECCE; lower right: COCK. · EXCV · 1557 ·; below image: GRANDIBVS EXIGUI SVNT PISCES PISCIBVS ESCA / Siet sone dit hebbe ick zeer langhe gheweten dat die groote vissen de cleyne eten
• inscription: verso, graphite, lower left: Nagler Mono[?] IV, 1771 No 14; lower center: VAN BAST 139
• label: from old back board, now removed, gold with black printed text: Adler / 2035 WASHIGNTON AVE. / ST. LOUIS, MO. / 63103 / (314) 231-5322

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Julian Edison, Saint Louis; by descent; to Hope Rabb Edison, his wife, Saint Louis, 2017, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2019

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

i/iv

Standard Reference Number

Bastelaer Lafond B139; New Hollstein 31

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Hope R. Edison '56 in memory of Julian I. Edison '51, MBA '53

Accession Year

2019

Object Number

2019.138

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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