Seated Man, Precariously Balanced, Playing Bagpipes

Anonymous, Netherlandish, 16th century Netherlandish

After Pieter Bruegel the Elder Netherlandish

16th century

Not on view

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Title: Seated Man, Precariously Balanced, Playing Bagpipes
Artist: Anonymous, Netherlandish, 16th century
Artist: After Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlandish, Breda (?) ca. 1525–1569 Brussels)
Date: 16th century
Medium: Pen and brown ink
Dimensions: 11 x 7 11/16 in. (28 x 19.5 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Bequest of Harry G. Sperling, 1971
Object Number: 1975.131.172
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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