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| Die blau Schuijte. The ship of depravity. | ||||
| Engraving, 1559. Engraved by Pieter van der Heijden after Bosch. 22.9 x 29.9 cm. trimmed around the borderline. Restorations along the margin and a filled in hole under the ship. |
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| Inscribed in the plate “ Die blau Schuijte” on the ship. “Hieronymus. Bos. Inventor.” “PAVE” (monogram of the engraver) and “Cock excudebat cum gratia et privilegio 1559” |
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| Four lines of Dutch text in the lower margin. “Daer platbroeck speelman is en stierman in de bane/Daer sien hem de voghelen voer eenen huijben ane /En al tiert sijn gheselscap dates moghen sweeten/ Het sullen de sanghers in de blau schuijte heeten.” An extremely rare print in the first state. Hollstein III (Bosch) 20. 1(II0, Hollstein IX, 47. 1(II), Riggs p. 315, no.13 |
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