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Landscape With the Temptation of Christ

Engraved by: Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, 1510–1570)
Designed by: Pieter Bruegel, the Elder (Netherlandish, about 1525–1569)
about 1554

Medium/Technique Etching and engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 31.6 x 44 cm (12 7/16 x 17 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Katherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard
Accession Number64.2041
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Van Bastelaer 002b; Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. IV, Cock) 002 (I/I); Orenstein (New Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish, Bruegel) 2 (1/1)
State I/I
Signed Signed lower left: .H. Cock. fecit.
Marks Watermark: "Edmonenise" surmounted by crescent and quatrefoil [Briquet 5304?]; verso, MFA stamp with accession number in graphite: 64./2041; in graphite: P 25
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, in lower margin, left to right: NON SOLO PANE VICTVRVS EST HOMO, SED OMNI VERBO QVOD DEGREDITVR PER OS DEI. MAR.4.DEVT.8. [Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Mark 4 (Matthew 4:4; Deut. 8:3)]
ProvenanceNovember 12, 1964, purchased from William H. Schab (dealer), New York, NY by the MFA. (Accession Date: November 12, 1964)