Vuyl Sause (Dirty Sauce)
c. 1559
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 19.4 × 28.6 cm (7 11/16 × 11 5/16 in.); sheet: 21.3 × 30.9 cm (8 7/16 × 12 3/16 in.)
Classification
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
264856
Art Historical Context
**Vuyl Sause (Dirty Sauce)** *Hieronymus Cock, c. 1559* Etching on ivory laid paper; Plate: 19.4 × 28.6 cm Step into the vibrant world of 16th-century Antwerp with Hieronymus Cock's *Vuyl Sause (Dirty Sauce)*, a witty etching whose Dutch title hints at playful wordplay or satire, evoking the earthy humor of Netherlandish proverbs. Cock (c. 1518–1570), a pioneering Flemish printmaker and publisher, was a master of disseminating intricate designs across Europe through his workshop, Aux Quatre Vents. Active during the Northern Renaissance's print boom, he often reproduced fantastical lands...
About the Artist
Hieronymus Cock · 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...