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Skating before the St. George's Gate, Antwerp

Skating before the St. George's Gate, Antwerp by Frans Huys|Pieter Bruegel the Elder|Hieronymus Cock

Medium

Engraving; first state of two

Dimensions

9 1/8 x 11 3/4 in. (23.2 x 29.9 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926

Accession Number

26.72.24

Rights

Public Domain

Tags

SkatingBridgesCrowd

About the Artist

Frans Huys|Pieter Bruegel the Elder|Hieronymus Cock · 1522–1562

**Frans Huys (c. 1522–1562)** was a Flemish engraver and draughtsman active in Antwerp during the mid-sixteenth century. Born in Antwerp, he initially trained and worked as a painter before shifting his focus to engraving in the 1550s. He became a master of the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke and established himself as a skilled printmaker. Huys was the brother of the painter Pieter Huys and married t...

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