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The Fat Kitchen
Pieter van der Heyden (Netherlandish, about 1530–after March 1572)
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: 22.3 x 29.2 cm (8 3/4 x 11 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 22.8 x 30 cm (9 x 11 13/16 in.)
Sheet: 22.8 x 30 cm (9 x 11 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB2710
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Van Bastelaer 159, i
DescriptionPair to the Thin Kitchen
Signed
Signed in plate, left of center: P/.AVE. [monogram]
Marks
No watermark; verso, MFA Babcock bequest stamp in purple, with accession number in ink: 2710 [Lugt 207]
InscriptionsIn plate, at upper right: pieter brueghel inue
In plate, left of center, near engraver's monogram: 1563
In plate, at lower left: H. Cock excudeb
In plate, at lower left: Hors diri Maigre - dos á eune'hideuse mine / Tu nas que' faire ici Car ces't Grasse-Cuisine
In plate, at lower right: Uuech magherman uan hier hoe hongherich ghii siet / Tis hier al ueete Cuecken ghi en dint hier niet
In plate, left of center, near engraver's monogram: 1563
In plate, at lower left: H. Cock excudeb
In plate, at lower left: Hors diri Maigre - dos á eune'hideuse mine / Tu nas que' faire ici Car ces't Grasse-Cuisine
In plate, at lower right: Uuech magherman uan hier hoe hongherich ghii siet / Tis hier al ueete Cuecken ghi en dint hier niet
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, Babcock's bequest to MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1900)