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An Archer wasting his Arrows, Johan Wierix, nach Pieter Bruegel the Elder; circle

Johan Wierix, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

An Archer wasting his Arrows

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Johan Wierix
nachPieter Bruegel the Elder circle

An Archer wasting his Arrows, ca. 1568

From the Series "Flemish Proverbs"

Blatt: 376 x min. 250 mm
maximum width: 259 mm
Platte: diameter: 179 mm

Inventory Number: 63727

Object Number: 63727 D

Acquisition: Acquired 1920

Status: Not on display

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: An Archer wasting his Arrows
From the Series "Flemish Proverbs"

Engraver

Johan Wierix

Inventor

afterPieter Bruegel the Elder circle

Series: "Flemish Proverbs"

Period Produced

16th century

Object Type

art print

Material

handmade paper

Technique

copperplate engraving

Label at the Time of Manufacture: Unten mittig um die Beine des Schützen: Qui suuent donne et rien a ioije, / L'une flesche apres l'autre enuoije. ; um die Darstellung herum: Ja datmen veel gheeft en men siet hulp noch bate, Ten is gheen wonder dat dit meest elck verdriet, waer toe ist nut men hout gheen oorden noch mate, Dan datmen den ēēn pijl naden anderen schiet.

Captions Added Later: Unten rechts händisch mit Bleistift beschriftet "O?"; verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356) mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark: Unten mittig gotischer Buchstabe "P" mit Dreiblatt und weiterem Beizeichen darunter (8)

Work Catalogues: NHD (Bruegel) A13
Hollstein (III) 173
Hollstein (LXVI) 1867

Property and Acquisition

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Motifs and References

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Primary

31D14adult man
31A231standing figure
45C15(CROSSBOW)archer's weapons: crossbow
45C15(ARROW)archer's weapons: arrow
43C421shooting with bow and arrow, archery (~ games of skill)
45C13(SWORD)hacking and thrusting weapons: sword
41A54fence, wall, paling

Secondary

31A244head bent forward; bowing
41A34staircase
48C162arch, archivolt ~ architecture
25I1412passage
25G3trees

Associative

86proverbs, sayings, etc.

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09.07.2026