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HIERONYMUS BOSCH
Ca. 1450 – s’Hertogenbosch – 1516 |
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Cripples, fools, musicians, and beggars on crutches
or wooden legs. |
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| Engraving, ca. 1560. Anonymous after Bosch. |
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Inscribed in the plate “Jer Boshe Invent.”
and “Aux quatre vents”
With the text : “Al dat op den blauwen trughelsack, gheerne leeft/ Gaet meest al Cruepele, op beÿde sÿden, Daerom den Cruepelen Bisschop veel dienaers heeft/Die om een vette proue, den rechtenganck mijden. “
29.2 x 21.2 cm. |
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| The print is probably based on a drawing in the Albertina. It is extremely rare. We found only four impressions. |
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| Provenance; this impression mentioned in Hollstein. From the collections of Carl Ritter von Zepharovich, Wien (Lugt 1653 and 2675) and Dr. Julius Hofmann, Wien (Lugt 1264) |
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| SOLD |
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