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Festival of Fools

After Pieter Bruegel the Elder Netherlandish
Pieter van der Heyden Netherlandish
Publisher Aux Quatre Vents Netherlandish
after 1570
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Festival of Fools
  • Artist: After Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlandish, Breda (?) ca. 1525–1569 Brussels)
  • Artist: Pieter van der Heyden (Netherlandish, ca. 1525–1569)
  • Publisher: Aux Quatre Vents
  • Date: after 1570
  • Medium: Engraving; second state of three
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 14 3/4 × 19 15/16 in. (37.5 × 50.6 cm)
    Plate: 12 11/16 × 16 15/16 in. (32.3 × 43.1 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Petra S. Rumbler and Helmut H. Rumbler, 2013
  • Object Number: 2013.452
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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