Rivierlandschap met Mercurius en Psyche, Symon Novelanus (attributed to), after Pieter Bruegel (I), 1593 - 1597

Title(s)

Rivierlandschap met Mercurius en Psyche
Arti et ingenio stat sine morte decus (title on object)
Rivierlandschappen met mythologische onderwerpen (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1890-A-15898

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch A4-1(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• caption: ‘Pulcher Atlantiades Psijchen ad Sydera tollens...Si mundi curas fata levare velint.’
• signature: ‘PerusBreugel fec.’
• date: ‘Ao 1553’
• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Rivierlandschap met in de lucht Mercurius, die Psyche naar de hemel draagt.

Artist

• print maker: Symon Novelanus (attributed to)
• after design by: Pieter Bruegel (I) (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Joris Hoefnagel (mentioned on object)
• Rudolf II van Habsburg (Duits keizer) (mentioned on object)

Place

Vienna

Dating

1553 and/or 1593 - 1597

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 275 mm × width 342 mm

What

• Psyche is carried up to Olympus by Mercury
• landscapes in the temperate zone

Acquisition

purchase Nov-1890

Copyright

Public domain

Related

• AC-00058843object | reproductionobject | reproductieRP25517 18x24RM0001.COLLECT.1500058842

• Pieter Bruegel the elder, Nadine Monica Orenstein, p. 162, cat.nr. A4