The image contains two head-and-shoulders portraits in oval frames. The left portrait shows a man in profile view facing right, with distinct facial features and curly hair under a hat. The right portrait displays a woman in three-quarter profile facing right, with defined facial features and a hood covering most of her head. Both figures are depicted in a linear, engraved style against a background of closely spaced horizontal lines. The image is monochromatic, in shades of black and white, with no other elements present.
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The image contains two head-and-shoulders portraits in oval frames. The left portrait shows a man in profile view facing right, with distinct facial features and curly hair under a hat. The right portrait displays a woman in three-quarter profile facing right, with defined facial features and a hood covering most of her head. Both figures are depicted in a linear, engraved style against a background of closely spaced horizontal lines. The image is monochromatic, in shades of black and white, with no other elements present.

National Gallery of Art · Print

"Voorsichtighe Krijn" and "Broentje Spaer-pots"

Johannes and Lucas van Doetechum after Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Date
c. 1564/1565
Medium
etching
Classification
Print
Accession number
1975.112.33
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.33

Subjects and terms

  • Dutch
  • etching
  • Woman
  • Portrait
  • Peasants
  • Face
  • Man
  • Frame

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