The brawl of the peasants, s.d. Etching and tool engraving, 42,5 x 52,3 cm; engr. names, Latin verse caption & dedication. Underlaid, right lower corner defect. (lacking +/- 8 x 7 cm incl. the last words of the dedic. with Vorsterman's name, visibly...
Estimation :
300 / 400
Adjudication :
300 €
Description
restored). Still a good impression.
Only state of this plate representing peasants fighting over a game of cards. Vorsterman dedicated it to Jan Bruegel the Elder. "Possibly reproduced by Vorsterman after Rubens' painted copy, after a lost drawing by Bruegel (...) Renger, however, pointed out the many differences between the print and the Rubens' versions, therefore proposing the possibility that Vorsterman worked from the original Bruegel drawing at the house of Jan Bruegel" (Hollstein).
Only state of this plate representing peasants fighting over a game of cards. Vorsterman dedicated it to Jan Bruegel the Elder. "Possibly reproduced by Vorsterman after Rubens' painted copy, after a lost drawing by Bruegel (...) Renger, however, pointed out the many differences between the print and the Rubens' versions, therefore proposing the possibility that Vorsterman worked from the original Bruegel drawing at the house of Jan Bruegel" (Hollstein).
