The image is an engraving depicting two individuals, each shown from the shoulders up within separate oval frames. The person on the left is wearing a headscarf that drapes over their head and rests on their shoulders. Their facial features are pronounced, with a furrowed brow and deep-set eyes. The person on the right has high cheekbones, a prominent nose, and thin lips, and is wearing a soft beret-like hat. The background within the ovals is lined, providing contrast to the detailed features of the subjects, while the remainder of the background is plain and unadorned.
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The image is an engraving depicting two individuals, each shown from the shoulders up within separate oval frames. The person on the left is wearing a headscarf that drapes over their head and rests on their shoulders. Their facial features are pronounced, with a furrowed brow and deep-set eyes. The person on the right has high cheekbones, a prominent nose, and thin lips, and is wearing a soft beret-like hat. The background within the ovals is lined, providing contrast to the detailed features of the subjects, while the remainder of the background is plain and unadorned.

National Gallery of Art · Print

"Baef Schol-becx" and "Spruyt Vroegh-bedorven"

Johannes and Lucas van Doetechum after Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Date
c. 1564/1565
Medium
etching
Classification
Print
Accession number
1975.112.11
Credit line
Andrew W. Mellon Fund
Time span
1551 to 1600
Department
CG-E

Portfolio and series

Series
Heads of Peasants and Country Women: pl.11 (New Holl. 341-376)

Subjects and terms

  • Dutch
  • Woman
  • Hat
  • Portrait
  • Peasants
  • Man
  • Frame

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