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The Thin Kitchen
Pieter van der Heyden (Netherlandish, 1525–1569)
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)
1563
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Platemark: 22.2 x 29 cm (8 3/4 x 11 7/16 in.)
Sheet: 22.5 x 29.6 cm (8 7/8 x 11 5/8 in.)
Sheet: 22.5 x 29.6 cm (8 7/8 x 11 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB2711
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Van Bastelaer 154
DescriptionPair to the Fat Kitchen
Signed
Signed in plate, lower center: P/.AVE. [monogram]
Marks
Watermark [not identified]; verso, MFA Babcock bequest stamp in purple, with accession number in ink: 2710 [Lugt 207]
InscriptionsIn plate, within image, at upper left: H. Cock ex
In plate, at lower left: brueghel inue 1563
In plate, at lower left: Ou Maigre-os le pot mouue, est vu pouure Conuiue / Pource, á Grasse-cuisine iray, tant que ie Viue
In plate, at lower right: Daer magherman die pot roert is een arm ghasterije / dus Loop ick nae de uettre Cuecken met herten blije
In plate, at lower left: brueghel inue 1563
In plate, at lower left: Ou Maigre-os le pot mouue, est vu pouure Conuiue / Pource, á Grasse-cuisine iray, tant que ie Viue
In plate, at lower right: Daer magherman die pot roert is een arm ghasterije / dus Loop ick nae de uettre Cuecken met herten blije
ProvenanceJune 12, 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1900)