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The Blue Boat
Pieter van der Heyden (Netherlandish, about 1530–after March 1572)
After: Hieronymus Bosch (Netherlandish, active by 1480, died in 1516)
Published by: Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, 1510–1570)
After: Hieronymus Bosch (Netherlandish, active by 1480, died in 1516)
Published by: Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, 1510–1570)
1559
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 22.8 × 29.5 cm (9 × 11 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Fund in memory of Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession Number44.821
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. III, Bosch) 20, i / ii; Hollstein (Dutch & Hollstein, vol. IV, Cock) 135; Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, van der Heyden) 47, i / ii
State
I/II
Signed
Signed in plate with engraver's monogram, within image, left of lower center: P/.AME.
Marks
Watermark (yes, but not yet deciphered); verso, in graphite: 3737; MFA stamp with old accession number in graphite: 36117
InscriptionsIn plate, on the side of the boat: bie blau Schuÿte
In plate, within image, at lower right: Hieronÿmus . Bos . Inuentor .
In plate, at lower right: Cock excudebat . 1559 . / cum gratia et priuilegio
In plate, in lower margin, below engraved border, at left: Daer platbroeck Speelman is en Stierman in de bane / Daer sien hem de voghelen voer eenen huÿben ane
In plate, at lower right: En al tiert Sÿn gheselseay datse moghen sweeten / Het sullen de sanghers in de blau Schuÿte beeten
In plate, within image, at lower right: Hieronÿmus . Bos . Inuentor .
In plate, at lower right: Cock excudebat . 1559 . / cum gratia et priuilegio
In plate, in lower margin, below engraved border, at left: Daer platbroeck Speelman is en Stierman in de bane / Daer sien hem de voghelen voer eenen huÿben ane
In plate, at lower right: En al tiert Sÿn gheselseay datse moghen sweeten / Het sullen de sanghers in de blau Schuÿte beeten
Provenance1944, sold by William H. Schab (dealer), New York to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 14, 1944)