Portrait of Pieter Breughel the Younger
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 12 1/16 × 8 1/4 in. (30.6 × 20.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.756–1456
Tags
Art Historical Context
This elegant engraving, *Portrait of Pieter Breug the Younger* (1606), captures the Flemish painter at the height of his career. Created collaboratively by Bartholomeus Spr, a leading Mannerist artist known for his graceful, idealized figures at the Habsburg court in Prague, and engraver Aegidius Sad II, it exemplifies the exquisite reproductive print techniques of the early 17th century. 12 1/16 × 8 1/4 inches, the work was produced on a copper plate, allowing for fine lines and intricate details that preserved Spranger's design with remarkable fidelity. Pieter Bruegel the Younger (1564–1638...
About the Artist
Aegidius Sadeler II|Bartholomeus Spranger · 1568–1629
Netherlandish, Antwerp 1568–1629 Prague