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Big Fish Eat Little Fish

Pieter van der Heyden Netherlandish
Publisher Hieronymus Cock Netherlandish
1557
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Big Fish Eat Little Fish
  • Artist: Pieter van der Heyden (Netherlandish, ca. 1525–1569)
  • Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlandish, Breda (?) ca. 1525–1569 Brussels)
  • Publisher: Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, Antwerp ca. 1510–1570 Antwerp)
  • Date: 1557
  • Medium: Engraving; first state of four
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 13 1/4 in. (26.1 x 33.7 cm)
    Plate: 9 x 11 11/16 in. (22.9 x 29.7 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1928
  • Object Number: 28.4(22)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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