Cornelis Massijs- The blind leading the blind - 1550
Description: Four blind peasants following one another in a line and the leader falling into a hole (allegory of the blind leading the blind) Engraving by Cornelis Massijs
Condition: Good impression. Plate border and tread margin. Small defect top right corner. Closed tear bottom right. Notes: Alle measurements are taken on the plate mark. Secure international inhouse shipping at low cost.
Provenance: Albertina in Vienna - Duplicate sold from the collection - Collection stamp: Lugt.5g (Doublette der Albertina - Red stamp in a circle) Dimensions: 4,50 x 7,80 cm Artist Name: Cornelis Massijs (1510-1556/7) Literature: Hollstein 137 Bartsch IX.114.53 See Jan van der Stock, et al. 'Cornelis Matsys 1510/11-1556/57, oeuvre graphique', Brussels: Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, 1985, no. 100. Cornelis Massijs (printmaker; painter/draughtsman; Flemish; c.1510 - 1556/7) Also known as: Matsys, Cornelis; Metsys, Cornelis; Massijs, Cornelis Flemish painter and engraver, born in Antwerp. Son of Quinten and brother of Jan Massijs. Took up engraving c.1537. Banished from Antwerp in 1544 with his brother. Medium: Engraving Circa: Ca.1550
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Description: Four blind peasants following one another in a line and the leader falling into a hole (allegory of the blind leading the blind) Engraving by Cornelis Massijs
Condition: Good impression. Plate border and tread margin. Small defect top right corner. Closed tear bottom right. Notes: Alle measurements are taken on the plate mark. Secure international inhouse shipping at low cost.
Provenance: Albertina in Vienna - Duplicate sold from the collection - Collection stamp: Lugt.5g (Doublette der Albertina - Red stamp in a circle) Dimensions: 4,50 x 7,80 cm Artist Name: Cornelis Massijs (1510-1556/7) Literature: Hollstein 137 Bartsch IX.114.53 See Jan van der Stock, et al. 'Cornelis Matsys 1510/11-1556/57, oeuvre graphique', Brussels: Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, 1985, no. 100. Cornelis Massijs (printmaker; painter/draughtsman; Flemish; c.1510 - 1556/7) Also known as: Matsys, Cornelis; Metsys, Cornelis; Massijs, Cornelis Flemish painter and engraver, born in Antwerp. Son of Quinten and brother of Jan Massijs. Took up engraving c.1537. Banished from Antwerp in 1544 with his brother. Medium: Engraving Circa: Ca.1550
