Brueghel, Bruegel, Pieter Engraving, The Vices, Sloath Start Price USD 18,000.00 Current Price USD 18,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, May 12, 2008 End Time Thursday, May 22, 2008 Location Masterworks Fine Art, Oakland Hills, CA See more about 'Brueghel, Bruegel, Pieter Engraving, The Vices, Sloath' Description Bruegel, Pieter (1525 - 1569), Desidia (Sloth), Original Engraving, Signed from the Only State ARTIST: Pieter Bruegel (1525 - 1569), an after work by Pieter van der Heyden TITLE: Desidia (Sloth), 1558 MEDIUM: Original Engraving IMAGE SIZE: 11 3/8" x 8 ¾" (28.9cm x 22.23cm) SHEET SIZE: 11 3/8" x 8 ¾" (28.9cm x 22.23cm) FRAMED SIZE: 20 5/8" x 18 ¼" (52.4cm x 46.36cm) SIGNATURE: The signature of Bruegel is inscribed in cartouche in the lower left: 'brueghel · Inuentor ·' EDITION: From 1st state by Pieter van der Heyden after an original ink on paper of the same title by Pieter Bruegel. One of a series titled The Vices (or, The Seven Deadly Sins). CONDITION: This work is in good condition - fine, dark impression. DISCUSSION: Taken from Bruegel's famous series of The Vices, this work personifies the world of Sloth. The environment is complete with vignettes of ghoulish creatures and demon-like characters who serve to exemplify the meaning of sheer idleness, laziness, and stagnation. It is a beautifully engraved piece - the amount of detail seen here is a testament to Bruegel's mastery in the etched medium. According to H. Arthur Klein (1963), "Here, Sloth herself, older and uglier than the other allegories, sleeps open-mouthed in a landscape of delay, decay, and ultimate impotence. She reposes on her beastly counterpart, a sleeping ass. A monster behind her adjusts her pillow. Around her crawl huge snails. Even the hill of Sloth is soft as shown by a winged demon sawing into it at left. One art historian sees the saw as a suggestion of Dame Sloth's snoring as she sleeps. Another regards the sawman as a symbol for malicious gossip, his mouth ever open as he cuts away the ground from under others" (p. 114). Created in 1558, Sloth is an after work by Pieter van der Heyden, featuring an inscription along the lower margin: "SEGNITIES ROBVR FRANGIT, LONGA AOCIA NERVOS (Sluggishness breaks strength, long idleness [breaks] the nerves) | Traechheyt maeckt machteloos, en verdroocht / Die senuwen dat de mensch niewers toe en doocht (Sloth makes [man] powerless and dries out the nerves until man is good for nothing)." The signature of Bruegel is inscribed in cartouche in the lower left: 'brueghel · Inuentor ·' with the monogram 'PAME' in the lower center. The title, 'DESIDIA' is found in the lower left-center and at the lower right, '·H· Cock · excud· cum · Privileg · 1558·" CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ & COA: It is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that will accompany the final sale of the work): 1. Bastelaer, René van. The Prints of Peter Bruegel the Elder, Catalogue Raisonné New Edition, Alan Wofsy Fine Arts: San Francisco, 1992. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 126 on pgs. 162-3. 2. Klein, H. Arthur. Graphic Worlds of Peter Bruegel the Elder, Dover Publications: New York, 1963. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 46 on pgs. 114-5. 3. Orenstein, Nadine M., ed. for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Pieter Bruegel the Elder: Drawings and Prints, Yale University Press: New Haven, 2001. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 52-3 on pgs. 156-7. 4. Sellink, Manfred. Bruegel: The Complete Paintings, Drawings and Prints, Ludion: New York, 2007. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné nos. 54-5 on pgs. 104-5. ABOUT THE FRAMING: Set in an Spanish style bronze and gold frame, the ribbon detailing of the moulding compliments the meandering curved shapes within the image. Decorative detail echo acanthus leaves which evoke a classical aura to the work. Completed with white, linen-wrapped mats with a matching gold inner fillet, Sloth is set behind an archival Plexiglas® cover. I. WHO IS MASTERWORKS FINE ART? II, QUESTIONS ABOUT BUYING FROM US? III. ABOUT US IV. PAYMENT V. SHIPPING AND HANDLING WHO IS MASTERWORKS FINE ART? You can also e-mail us at alex@masterworksfineart.com or you can visit our ABOUT US PAGE QUESTIONS ABOUT BUYING FROM US? If you are concerned about dealing with someone sight unseen we can offer the following to help reassure you. 1. We are bonded sellers through BuySAFE. 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