Title
Luxuria [Drawing] : The sin of lust
drawn by Pieter I Bruegel
Inscriptions
Signed and dated by the artist in lower right corner, in pen and brown ink: 'brueghel 1557'; inscribed at lower left, in pen and light brown ink: 'luxuria'; below drawing: 'Luxurije stinckt sy is vol onsuyuerheden / sij breeckt die crachten en sij swackt die leden'; verso: inscribed in pen and brown ink: 'Breughel Vecchio'
Author(s)
Bruegel, Pieter, I (ca.1525 - 1569). Artist
Document type
Drawing
Imprint
1557
Country
Belgium
Collation
1 drawing : pen and brown ink ; 226 x 296 mm
Provenance
Empain, Louis François Joseph 1862-1935 Baron
François Empain; M. Lamertin, Brussels; acquired in 1910
Material
paper
Note
Preparatory to the print in reverse by Pieter van der Heyden from 'The seven deadly sins' or 'The Vices' series edited by Hieronymus Cock
Biliographic
reference

Hans Mielke, Pieter Bruegel. Die Zeichnungen, Turnhout 1996, cat. 36; Manfred Sellinck, Bruegel, het volledige werk: schilderijen, tekeningen, prenten, Antwerp 2011, cat. 52; New Hollstein Dutch (Pieter Bruegel the Elder), under no. 27
Copy (note)
S.II 132816
Watermark
Verso: mark KBR in black ink (Lugt 260)
Other link
Référence bibliographique / bibliografische referentie : Pieter Bruegel the elder ; No. 48, p.152
Digitised version
https://uurl.kbr.be/1121593
https://uurl.kbr.be/1767820
Subject(s)
Profane Allegories
Form/genre
Thesaurus
Iconclass
11N Vice, and the Seven Deadly Sins
11N36 Lust, Luxury, 'Luxuria'; 'Lussuria' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Deadly Sins
ISBD
See ISBD format
Luxuria [Drawing] : The sin of lust / drawn by Pieter I Bruegel. - 1557. - 1 drawing : pen and brown ink ; 226 x 296 mm. - Preparatory to the print in reverse by Pieter van der Heyden from 'The seven deadly sins' or 'The Vices' series edited by Hieronymus Cock. - Hans Mielke, Pieter Bruegel. Die Zeichnungen, Turnhout 1996, cat. 36; Manfred Sellinck, Bruegel, het volledige werk: schilderijen, tekeningen, prenten, Antwerp 2011, cat. 52; New Hollstein Dutch (Pieter Bruegel the Elder), under no. 27. - S.II 132816. Watermark. Verso: mark KBR in black ink (Lugt 260).


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