The Blue Boat
Pieter van der Heyden
(Netherlandish, 1525–1569)
Hieronymus Bosch
(Netherlandish, active by 1480, died in 1516)
Hieronymus Cock
(Netherlandish, 1510–1570)
1559
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 22.8 × 29.5 cm (9 × 11 5/8 in.)
Credit LineFund in memory of Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession number44.821
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsIn plate, on the side of the boat: bie blau Schuÿte
In plate, within image, at lower right: Hieronÿmus . Bos . Inuentor .
In plate, at lower right: Cock excudebat . 1559 . / cum gratia et priuilegio
In plate, in lower margin, below engraved border, at left: Daer platbroeck Speelman is en Stierman in de bane / Daer sien hem de voghelen voer eenen huÿben ane
In plate, at lower right: En al tiert Sÿn gheselseay datse moghen sweeten / Het sullen de sanghers in de blau Schuÿte beetenProvenance1944, sold by William H. Schab (dealer), New York to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 14, 1944)
