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Pieter van der Heyden
Big Fish Eat Little Fishpublished 1557

Not on view
Engraving after Hieronymus Bosch, large beached fish disgorging smaller fish, surrounded by human figures cutting it open, with Latin and Dutch text below
Artist or Maker
Pieter van der Heyden
Flanders, Antwerp, circa 1530-after 1572
After
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Flanders, 1525-1569
Publisher
Hieronymus Cock
Flanders, Antwerp, circa 1510-1570
Title
Big Fish Eat Little Fish
Place Made
Holland
Date Made
published 1557
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 1/8 × 11 3/4 in. (23.18 × 29.85 cm) Image: 9 1/8 × 11 3/4 in. (23.18 × 29.85 cm)
Credit Line
Graphic Arts Council Fund
Accession Number
M.71.6
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Hollstein, F. W. H. Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings, and Woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Amsterdam: M. Hertzberger, 1949.