The Kermis of Saint George
ca. 1569; printed 1601
Medium
Etching and engraving; second state of four
Dimensions
Plate: 13 1/8 x 20 1/2 in. (33.4 x 52.1 cm) Sheet: 13 3/8 x 20 3/4 in. (34 x 52.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926
Accession Number
26.72.28
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Pieter Bruegel the Elder|Johannes van Doetecum I|Lucas van Doetecum|Paul de la Houve · 1525–1569
Pieter Bruegel the Elder, a pioneering Netherlandish painter of the Renaissance, was born around 1525–1530, likely in Breda in the Duchy of Brabant (present-day Netherlands). Little is known of his early family background, but he apprenticed under the Antwerp painter and designer Pieter Coecke van Aelst between approximately 1545 and 1550, mastering tapestry design, architecture, and painting tech...