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Soldiers at Rest (Milites Reqviescentes; from The Large Landscapes series)
Joannes van Doetecum (Netherlandish, active 1554–about 1600)
and: Lucas van Doetecum (Netherlandish, active 1554–about 1584)
After: Pieter Bruegel, the Elder (Netherlandish, about 1525–1569)
Published by: Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, 1510–1570)
and: Lucas van Doetecum (Netherlandish, active 1554–about 1584)
After: Pieter Bruegel, the Elder (Netherlandish, about 1525–1569)
Published by: Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, 1510–1570)
about 1555–56
Medium/Technique
Engraving and etching
Dimensions
Platemark: 32.8 x 42.8 cm (12 15/16 x 16 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 33 x 43.8 cm (13 x 17 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 33 x 43.8 cm (13 x 17 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Purchased from Special Print Fund
Accession Number29.1880
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Van Bastelaer 017; Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. III, Bruegel) 14; Orenstein (New Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish, Breugel) 56 (I/I)
State
I/I
Signed
Signed in plate, lower left: brúegel inu; lower right: h. cock excú
Marks
Verso, lower right, collector's stamp in black ink: mark of Friedrich August II of Saxony (Lugt 971)
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, lower margin: MILITES REQVIESCENTES
ProvenanceFriedrich August II, King of Saxony (b. 1797 - d. 1854). November 15-16, 1928, his sale, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, lot 133. P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. (dealer), London; February, 1929 purchased from P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. by the MFA. (Accession Date: February 1, 1929)