The Thin Kitchen

Pieter van der Heyden (Netherlandish, 1525–1569)

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

Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, 1510–1570)

1563

Medium/TechniqueEngraving

DimensionsPlatemark: 22.2 x 29 cm (8 3/4 x 11 7/16 in.)
Sheet: 22.5 x 29.6 cm (8 7/8 x 11 5/8 in.)

Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession numberB2711

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InscriptionsIn plate, within image, at upper left: H. Cock ex In plate, at lower left: brueghel inue 1563 In plate, at lower left: Ou Maigre-os le pot mouue, est vu pouure Conuiue / Pource, á Grasse-cuisine iray, tant que ie Viue In plate, at lower right: Daer magherman die pot roert is een arm ghasterije / dus Loop ick nae de uettre Cuecken met herten blije

ProvenanceJune 12, 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1900)