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Regiunculæ et villæ aliquot Ducatus Brabantiæ (Brabantine Country Farms and Cottages)
Etched by: Claes Jansz Visscher, Jr. (Netherlandish, 1586–1652)
After: Master of the Small Landscapes (Netherlandish, 16th century)
Attributed to: Cornelis Cort (Netherlandish, 1533–1578)
Attributed to: Joos van Liere (Netherlandish, died in 1583)
Formerly attributed to: Pieter Bruegel, the Elder (Netherlandish, about 1525–1569)
Publisher: Claes Jansz Visscher, Jr. (Netherlandish, 1586–1652)
After: Master of the Small Landscapes (Netherlandish, 16th century)
Attributed to: Cornelis Cort (Netherlandish, 1533–1578)
Attributed to: Joos van Liere (Netherlandish, died in 1583)
Formerly attributed to: Pieter Bruegel, the Elder (Netherlandish, about 1525–1569)
Publisher: Claes Jansz Visscher, Jr. (Netherlandish, 1586–1652)
1612
Place of Publication: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Medium/Technique
Series of etched title page and 23 etchings
Dimensions
Overall: 19.9 x 26 x 0.8 cm (7 13/16 x 10 1/4 x 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number64.398
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Amsterdam: Claes Jansz Visscher, Jr., 1612
Catalogue Raisonné
Van Bastelaer 070-93; Hollstein (Dutch and Flemish), vol. XXXVIII, 292-317
Description(Amsterdam: Claes Jansz. Visscher, Jr., 1612) Oblong quarto; 24 leaves; blue paper boards, hand-lettered white paper label.
Views of landscapes in the Brabant area around Brussels and Antwerp. First edition. These landscape prints are primarily copied from a series of 44 etchings by the Doetechum brothers after drawings by the Master of the Small Landscapes, issued in 1559 and 1561 (New Hollstein, van Doetechum, I, pp. 94-95). The drawings were formerly attributed to Pieter Bruegel the Elder, based primarily on Visscher's own ascription on the title page to this series. However, the specific attribution of the "Small Landscape" drawings have been given to various artists, most recently Joos van Liere and Cornelis Cort.
The leaves in this set were previously in a larger album, as they carry old pen numberings in the upper right corners from 34 to 57.
Views of landscapes in the Brabant area around Brussels and Antwerp. First edition. These landscape prints are primarily copied from a series of 44 etchings by the Doetechum brothers after drawings by the Master of the Small Landscapes, issued in 1559 and 1561 (New Hollstein, van Doetechum, I, pp. 94-95). The drawings were formerly attributed to Pieter Bruegel the Elder, based primarily on Visscher's own ascription on the title page to this series. However, the specific attribution of the "Small Landscape" drawings have been given to various artists, most recently Joos van Liere and Cornelis Cort.
The leaves in this set were previously in a larger album, as they carry old pen numberings in the upper right corners from 34 to 57.
ProvenanceW.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955), by whom bequeathed to MFA, April 8, 1964.