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Ice Skating Before the Gate of Saint George, Antwerp
Frans Huys (Netherlandish, 1522–1562)
After: Pieter Bruegel, the Elder (Netherlandish, about 1525–1569)
Published by: Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, 1510–1570)
After: Pieter Bruegel, the Elder (Netherlandish, about 1525–1569)
Published by: Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, 1510–1570)
about 1558
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Platemark: 23.4 x 30 cm (9 3/16 x 11 13/16 in.)
Sheet: 26.9 x 38 cm (10 9/16 x 14 15/16 in.)
Sheet: 26.9 x 38 cm (10 9/16 x 14 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Stephen Bullard Memorial Fund, by exchange
Accession Number66.349
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Van Bastelaer 205, i; Hollstein 28
State
I
Signed
Signed in plate, within image, lower left: H.COCK excudeb; lower right: .F.H.
Marks
No watermark; verso, MFA stamp with accession number in graphite: 66.349; in graphite: C34497
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, in scrolls on the carved gateway, upper left: PLVS; WLTR
ProvenanceMarch 17, 1966, anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 73, to P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd., London; 1966, sold by P. & D. Colnaghi to the MFA for £242. (Accession Date: June 1, 1966)