The Dirty Bride or the Marriage of Mopsus and Nisa
Medium
Engraving; first state of four
Dimensions
Sheet: 8 3/4 x 11 3/8 in. (22.2 x 28.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926
Accession Number
26.72.39
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Art Historical Context
In the bustling world of 16th-century Netherlandish printmaking, *The Dirty Bride or the of Mopsus and Nisa* (1570) stands out as a collaborative masterpiece Designed by the renowned Pieter Bruegel the Elder whose keen eye for peasant infused his works with sharp social satire, it was engraved by Pieter van der Heyden and published by Hieronymus Cock. engraving, in its rare first state of four, measures 8 3/4 x 11 3/8 inches and captures a chaotic rural wedding feast under, teeming with men women in lively disarray. Bruegel's design draws from classical pastoral references—Mopsus and Nisa fro...