Landscape with the Temptation of Christ
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 12 3/8 x 17 1/8 in. (31.5 x 43.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Barbara and Howard Fox Gift, and The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2007
Accession Number
2007.205
Tags
About the Artist
Hieronymus Cock|Pieter Bruegel the Elder · 1510–1570
Hieronymus Cock, born Hieronymus Wellens de Cock in Antwerp in 1518, emerged from a distinguished artistic lineage; his father, Jan Wellens de Cock, and brother, Matthys Cock, were both accomplished painters and draftsmen. Admitted as a master painter to Antwerp's Guild of Saint Luke in 1545, he honed his skills in the vibrant Netherlandish tradition before traveling to Rome from 1546 to 1547, whe...