River Landscape with Mercury Abducting Psyche

Simon van den Heuvel ((Simon Novellanus) Netherlandish, died about 1590)

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

Joris Hoefnagel (Netherlandish, worked Germany, 1542–1601)

late 16th century

Medium/TechniqueEtching and engraving

DimensionsPlatemark: 27.5 x 34.4 cm (10 13/16 x 13 9/16 in.)
Sheet: 28.1 x 35.3 cm (11 1/16 x 13 7/8 in.)

Credit LineGift of Paul J. Sachs

Accession numberM26269

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InscriptionsInscribed in plate, in margin below image, center: ARTI ET INGENIO STAT SINE MORTE DECVS.; lower left: Pulcher Atlantiades Psÿchen ad Sydera tollens,/Ingenio scandi Sÿdera posse docet.; lower right: Ingenio liquidum possun consendere Cælum,/Si mundi curas fata leuare velint.; lower center: Petrus Breugel fec: Roma A°: 1553./Excud: Houf: cum præ Cæs:_

ProvenanceAdalbert, Freiherr von Lanna (b. 1836 - d. 1909; Lugt 2773), Prague; May 11-22, 1909, his sale, H. G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart, lot 919. Paul J. Sachs (b. 1878 - d. 1965; Lugt 2091), Cambridge, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of Paul J. Sachs to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 1, 1916)