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Sloth
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Sloth

Pieter van der Heyden (Netherlandish, 1525–1569)
Pieter Bruegel, the Elder (Netherlandish, about 1525–1569)
Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, 1510–1570)
1558
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 22.8 x 29.9 cm (9 x 11 3/4 in.)
Credit LineKatherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard
Accession number64.715
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsIn plate, within image, at lower right: H.Cock. excud. cum.priuileg. 1558 In plate, below the sleeping figure of Sloth: DESIDIAProvenanceMarch 10-12, 1964, sale at Sotheby's, London; purchased from that sale by P. &. D. Colnaghi & Co. (dealers), London, for the MFA. (Accession Date: May 13, 1964)

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