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

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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 beeten

Provenance1944, sold by William H. Schab (dealer), New York to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 14, 1944)