This is a list of engravings made from designs by 16th century Flemish artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder. While only one engraving made by Bruegel personally is known, many engravings were made after designs by Bruegel especially made for the purpose. As not all engravings have the name of the designer on them, it is not absolutely certain how many engravings Bruegel made. At one time, more than 250 were attributed to him, but later scholarship has reduced this number considerably.[1]

Most important and prolific was Bruegel's collaboration with Hieronymus Cock, an artist turned printmaker and -seller. At first, around 1555, Bruegel made a series of landscapes for Cock, and then he created some of best known works, satirical moralistic designs in the vein of the works of Hieronymus Bosch.[1]

List of works

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The Large Landscapes

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Image Title Year Engraver Publisher Dimensions Notes
  Euntes in Emaus (The Pilgrims to Emmaus) 1555-56 Joannes van Doetecum the Elder and Lucas van Doetecum Hieronymus Cock 323 × 423 mm
  Prospectus Tyburtinus (View of Tivoli) 1555-56 Joannes van Doetecum the Elder and Lucas van Doetecum Hieronymus Cock 320 × 420 mm
  Hieronymus in Deserto (Saint Jerome in the Wilderness) 1555-56 Joannes van Doetecum the Elder and Lucas van Doetecum Hieronymus Cock 322 × 422 mm
  Magdalena Penitens (The Penitent Magdalene) 1555-56 Joannes van Doetecum the Elder and Lucas van Doetecum Hieronymus Cock 320 × 423 mm
  Insidiosus Auceps (The Crafty Bird Catcher) 1555-56 Joannes van Doetecum the Elder and Lucas van Doetecum Hieronymus Cock 320 × 424 mm
  Solicitudo Rustica (Rustic Cares) 1555-56 Joannes van Doetecum the Elder and Lucas van Doetecum Hieronymus Cock 322 × 421 mm
  Alpine Landscape 1555-56 Joannes van Doetecum the Elder and Lucas van Doetecum Hieronymus Cock 322 × 421 mm
  Plaustrum Belgicum (The Belgian Wagon) 1555-56 Joannes van Doetecum the Elder and Lucas van Doetecum Hieronymus Cock 320 × 423 mm
  Milites Requiescentes (Soldiers at Rest) 1555-56 Joannes van Doetecum the Elder and Lucas van Doetecum Hieronymus Cock 322 × 421 mm
  Pagus Nemorosus (Wooded Region) 1555-56 Joannes van Doetecum the Elder and Lucas van Doetecum Hieronymus Cock 321 × 425 mm
  Fuga Deiparae in Aegyptum (The Rest on the Flight into Egypt) 1555-56 Joannes van Doetecum the Elder and Lucas van Doetecum Hieronymus Cock 314 × 416 mm Possibly not designed by Bruegel but by the Doetecums
  Nundinae Rusticorum (The Rustic Market) 1555-56 Joannes van Doetecum the Elder and Lucas van Doetecum Hieronymus Cock 296 × 427 mm Possibly not designed by Bruegel but by the Doetecums

The Seven Deadly Sins

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Image Title Year Engraver Publisher Dimensions Notes
  Avaritia (Greed) 1558 Pieter van der Heyden Hieronymus Cock 224 × 293 mm
  Gula (Gluttony) 1558 Pieter van der Heyden Hieronymus Cock 223 × 293 mm
  Superbia (Pride) 1558 Pieter van der Heyden Hieronymus Cock 225 × 292 mm
  Luxuria (Lust) 1558 Pieter van der Heyden Hieronymus Cock 225 × 296 mm
  Invidia (Envy) 1558 Pieter van der Heyden Hieronymus Cock 227 × 295 mm
  Desidia (Sloth) 1558 Pieter van der Heyden Hieronymus Cock 225 × 292 mm
  Ira (Anger) 1558 Pieter van der Heyden Hieronymus Cock 225 × 292 mm

The Seven Virtues

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Image Title Year Engraver Publisher Dimensions Notes
  Fides (Faith) 1559 Philip Galle Hieronymus Cock 223 × 287 mm
  Caritas (Charity) 1559 Philip Galle Hieronymus Cock 222 × 289 mm
  Prudentia (Prudence) 1559 Philip Galle Hieronymus Cock 223 × 287 mm
  Spes (Hope) 1559 Philip Galle Hieronymus Cock 223 × 288 mm
  Justitia (Justice) 1559 Philip Galle Hieronymus Cock 223 × 287 mm
  Fortitudo (Fortitude) 1560 Philip Galle Hieronymus Cock 223 × 287 mm
  Temperantia (Temperance) 1560 Philip Galle Hieronymus Cock 223 × 287 mm

The Ten Vessels

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Image Title Year Engraver Publisher Dimensions Notes
  Armed Three-Master with Daedalus and Icarus in the Sky 1561-62 Frans Huys 222 × 287 mm
  Three Caravels in a Rising Squall with Adrion on a Dolphin 1561-62 Frans Huys 220 × 286 mm
  Armed Three-Master Anchored near a City 1561-62 Frans Huys 230 × 287 mm
  Four-Master (Left) and Two Three-Masters Anchored near a Fortified Island with a Lighthouse 1561-62 Frans Huys 222 × 289 mm
  A Fleet of Galleys Escorted by a Caravel 1561-62 Frans Huys 223 × 290 mm
  Armed Three-Master on the Open Sea, Accompanied by a Galley 1561-62 Frans Huys 313 × 246 mm

Individual engravings

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Image Title Year Engraver Publisher Dimensions Notes
  The Temptation of Christ 1554 Hieronymus Cock Hieronymus Cock 315 × 443 mm
  The large Alpine landscape 1555-56 Joannes van Doetecum the Elder and Lucas van Doetecum Hieronymus Cock 368 × 468 mm
  The Temptation of Saint Anthony 1556 Pieter van der Heyden Hieronymus Cock 245 × 320 mm
  The Big Fish Eat the Small Ones 1557 Pieter van der Heyden Hieronymus Cock 229 × 296 mm
  The Ass at School 1557 Pieter van der Heyden Hieronymus Cock 234 × 303 mm
  Patientia (Patience) 1557 Pieter van der Heyden Hieronymus Cock 340 × 440 mm
  The Last Judgment 1558 Pieter van der Heyden Hieronymus Cock 225 × 295 mm
  Everyman 1558 Pieter van der Heyden (attributed) Hieronymus Cock 225 × 295 mm
  The Alchemist 1558 Philip Galle Hieronymus Cock 320 × 440 mm
  Ice Skating Before the Gate of Saint George 1558 Frans Huys Hieronymus Cock 232 × 299 mm
  The Stone Operation or The Witch of Mallegem 1559 Pieter van der Heyden Hieronymus Cock 355 × 480 mm
  Kermis of Saint George 1559 Joannes van Doetecum the Elder and Lucas van Doetecum Hieronymus Cock 332 × 523 mm
  Kermis at Hoboken 1559 Frans Hogenberg Hieronymus Cock 298 × 408 mm
  The Rabbit Hunt 1560 Pieter Bruegel Hieronymus Cock 223 × 291 mm
  The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins 1560-1563 Philip Galle Hieronymus Cock 222 × 288 mm
  Naval Battle in the Strait of Messina 1561 Frans Huys Hieronymus Cock 428 × 717 mm Printed from two plates
  The Descent of Christ in Limbo 1561 Pieter van der Heyden Hieronymus Cock 232 × 291 mm

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Klein, H. Arthur (2014). Graphic Worlds of Peter Bruegel the Elder. Courier Corporation. p. 4. ISBN 9780486795416.

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