Everyman

Pieter van der Heyden (Netherlandish, 1525–1569)

Pieter Bruegel, the Elder (Netherlandish, about 1525–1569)

Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, 1510–1570)

about 1558

Medium/TechniqueEngraving

DimensionsPlatemark: 23.1 x 29.6 cm (9 1/8 x 11 5/8 in.)
Sheet: 25 x 31.4 cm (9 13/16 x 12 3/8 in.)

Credit LineKatherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard

Accession number1977.3

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InscriptionsIn plate, at lower right: H.COCK.EXCVD.CVM.PRIVILEG In plate, in image, at upper right, in the hems of five foreground figures and beneath men with lanterns: ELCK [Everyman] In plate, at upper left, below picture: NIEMA[N]T.EN.KENT.HE[M].SELV[N] [Nobody knows himself]; On bag at center: NEMO NON [not no one] In plate, at lower left: Nemo non quærit passim sua commoda, Nemo / Non qu[a]erit sese' cunctis in rebus agendis In plate, at lower right: Nemo non inhiat priuatis undique lucris, / Hic trahit, ille trahit, cunctis amor unus habendi est. [No one does seek his own advantage everywhere, no one doen not seek himself in all that he does, no one does not look everywhere for private gain. This one pulls, that one pulls, all have the same love of possession.]

Provenance1977, purchased from David Tunick (dealer), NY, by the MFA. (Accession Date: January 12, 1977)