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'
Preparatory drawing for the print in reverse by Pieter van der Heyden from 'The seven deadly sins' or 'The Vices' series edited by Hieronymus Cock
Exhibition (note)
1958, Brussels, Royal Library of Belgium, "Trésors de la Bibliothèque royale de Belgique/Rijkdom van de Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België"; 1963, September-November, Brussels, Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgique, "Le siècle de Bruegel: la peinture en Belgique en XVIe siècle/De eeuw van Bruegel: de schilderkunst in België in de 16de eeuw"; 1980, September-November, Brussels, Palace of Fine Arts, "Bruegel: une dynastie des peintres/Bruegel: een dynastie van schilders"; 2001, May-August & September-December, Rotterdam/New York, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen & Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Pieter Bruegel the Elder: drawings and prints"; 2010, July-August & September-October, Tokyo/Niigata/Kyoto, The Bunkamura Museum of Art & Niigata City Art Museum & Museum Eki, "The world of Bruegel in black and white from the collection of the Royal Library of Belgium"; 2013, March-June & September-December, Leuven/Paris, Museum M & Institut néerlandais, "Hieronymus Cock: the Renaissance in print"; 2018-2019, October-January, Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, "Bruegel: the hand of the master"; 2019-2020, October-February, Brussels, KBR, "Bruegel: the complete graphic works"
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)
Watermark; verso: mark KBR in black ink (Lugt 260)
Luxuria
[Drawing] / drawn by Pieter I Bruegel. - 1557. - 1 drawing
: pen and brown ink ; 225 x 296 mm. - Preparatory drawing for 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. - Watermark; verso: mark KBR in black ink (Lugt 260). - S.II 132816.
