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The Wild Man, or The Masquerade of Orson and Valentine
Blockcutter: Unidentified artist, Netherlandish, 16th century
Designed by: Pieter Bruegel, the Elder (Netherlandish, about 1525–1569)
Designed by: Pieter Bruegel, the Elder (Netherlandish, about 1525–1569)
1566
Medium/Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
Sheet/block: 27.5 x 41.3 cm (10 13/16 x 16 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Seth K. Sweetser Fund
Accession Number33.560
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Van Bastelaer 215; Orenstein (New Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish, Pieter Bruegel the Elder) 46
Signed
Signed and dated in block, lower right: 1566/BRVEGEL
Marks
Watermark (yes, but not yet identified); verso, light brown collector's stamp, crown over shield [John Rushout; Lugt 2709a]; MFA stamp with old accession number in graphite: 32987
ProvenanceJohn Rushout, 2nd Baron of Northwick (b. 1770 - d. 1859; Lugt 2709a), Northwick Park, Worcester, and Thirlestane House, Gloucestershire; 1859, by inheritance to his nephew George Rushout, 3rd Baron of Northwick (b. 1811 - d. 1887), Nothwick Park; 1887, by inheritance to his widow, Elizabeth Augusta Warburton Rushout, Lady Northwick (b. 1832 - d. 1912), Northwick Park; 1912, by inheritance to her grandson, Captain Edward George Spencer-Churchill (b. 1876 - d. 1964), Northwick Park; May 22-24, 1933, sold by Captain Spencer-Churchill, C. G. Boerner (dealer) sale, Leipzig, lot 201; July 20, 1933, purchased from that sale by the MFA. (Accession Date: July 20, 1933)