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| Insidiosus Auceps (The Crafty Bird Catcher) | ||||
| Etching with engraving ca. 1555-56 |
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| Inscribed at lower right “Brueghel Inv./ h. cock excudeb.” The title in the lower margin “Insidiosus Auceps” 32 x 42.4 cm. trimmed to the borderline. |
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| Watermark; horn ( sim. to Briquet 7862) | ||||
| Van Bastelaer 10, Lebeer 5, Orenstein and Sellink 2001, 27, New Hollstein 53 A very early impression with the ruling lines for the text still visible. A man carries birds tied to a frame as he walks on a path toward a village nestled in a broad mountain valley. If there is an emblematical meaning to this print is unclear. In literature the bird catcher is sometimes associated with temptation. |
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