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Siet hoe ick katten vang / om te veilen Muise Prang (The Mousetrap Seller)
PRINTS AND DRAWINGS
print
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter
Europe: Netherlands
18th c?
paper; wood; glass; real tortoiseshell
frame: 319 mm x 280 mm x 21 mm; overall: 259 x 217 mm
1999.150
PRINTS AND DRAWINGS
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter
Europe: Netherlands
18th c?
paper; wood; glass; real tortoiseshell
frame: 319 mm x 280 mm x 21 mm; overall: 259 x 217 mm
Reproduction (unknown date, but historic) of a 17th c. monochrome print (engraving) of a mouse-trap seller. Features a pair of nose spectacles on both the seller and the rat in his hand. A boy standing on the right also displays signs of convergent strabismus. Modern black ebonised frame with imitation tortoiseshell inlay.
1999.150