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River Landscape with Mercury Abducting Psyche (from a series Two River Landscapes with Mythological Subjects, 1 of 2 plates)
Attributed to: Simon van den Heuvel ((Simon Novellanus) Netherlandish, died about 1590)
In the manner of: Pieter Bruegel, the Elder (Netherlandish, about 1525–1569)
In the manner of: Pieter Bruegel, the Elder (Netherlandish, about 1525–1569)
about 1595
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Platemark: 27.6 x 34.3 cm (10 7/8 x 13 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession Number97.1162
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Van Bastelaer 001 (I); Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. III, Bruegel) 1; Orenstein (New Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish, Breugel) (A4) (I/II)
State
I/II
Signed
Signed in plate, bottom center in lower margin: Petrus Bruegel fec: Romæ A°:1553. [Note 1]
Note 1: Though inscribed with Pieter Bruegel the Elder's name, this print was made well after his death, inspired by drawings the artist made during his travels to Italy between 1552 and 1554.
Note 1: Though inscribed with Pieter Bruegel the Elder's name, this print was made well after his death, inspired by drawings the artist made during his travels to Italy between 1552 and 1554.
Marks
Watermark (yes, but not yet identified); verso, collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; in graphite: 11157/17-
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, in lower margin: ARTI ET INGENIO STAT SINE MORTE DECVS; lower left: Pulcher Atlantiades Psÿchen ad Sydera tollens,/Ingenio scandi sÿdera posse docet.; lower right: Ingenio liquidum possim consendere Cælum,/Si mundi curas fata leuare velint.; bottom center: Petrus Bruegel fec: Romæ A°:1553./Excud: Houf: cum præ Cæs:_
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1896, by inheritance to his son, Charles Sewall (b. 1848 - d. 1898); 1897, sold by Charles Sewall to the MFA [see note 1]. (Acquisition Date: October 21, 1897)
NOTE:
[1] Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized and executed in 1897, one year after his death.
NOTE:
[1] Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized and executed in 1897, one year after his death.