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| Merrymakers in an Oyster Shell |
Pieter van der Heyden was a Flemish engraver, which is a form of line art etched into a sheet of metal, and then printed. He lived from 1530 to 1575. Bosch was a big influence on him, and a few works attributed to Bosch (who died in 1516) were actually engraved by van der Heyden. Talk about false attributions! I guess it was rampant in the 1500’s. Van der Heyden liked to create images based on proverbs, such as the one about big fish eating little fish, or his images of the seven vices (Anger, depicted here).
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| Anger, 1557 |
Van der Heyden is not to be confused with the Bruegel’s who were both painters.
Peter Bruegel the elder lived from 1525-1569
Peter Bruegel the younger lived from 1564-1638
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| The Big Fish Eat the Little Fish, 1557 |
I will stop writing now, and let Van der Heyden's engravings speak for themselves!
Here's the A to Z link. Before you hop over to another blog, what do you think of these engravings? Engravings that teach some kind of proverb or lesson?
