id:			142270
accession number:	1966.11
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.11
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:15.177000

The Blind Leading the Blind, c. 1561. Pieter van der Heyden (Netherlandish, c. 1530–c. 1575), Hieronymus Cock, after Hieronymous Bosch (Netherlandish, c. 1450–1516). Engraving; sheet: 22.5 x 25.8 cm (8 7/8 x 10 3/16 in.); platemark: 22.2 x 25.5 cm (8 3/4 x 10 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Delia E. Holden Fund 1966.11

title:				The Blind Leading the Blind
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creation date:			c. 1561
creation date earliest:		1550
creation date latest:		1570
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creditline:			Delia E. Holden Fund
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culture:	Netherlands, 16th century
technique:	engraving
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Engraving
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Hollstein 20 (IX.27)

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CREATORS

* Pieter van der Heyden (Netherlandish, c. 1530–c. 1575)  - artist

* Hieronymus Cock  - published by

* Hieronymous Bosch (Netherlandish, c. 1450–1516)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 22.5 x 25.8 cm (8 7/8 x 10 3/16 in.); Platemark: 22.2 x 25.5 cm (8 3/4 x 10 1/16 in.)
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	description:	cream(3) laid paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	lower right, in plate: ·H·Bos · inventor / ·H·Cock · excud / [monogram of Pieter van der Heyden] ; across bottom, in plate; Caecus ducem se' praebet alteri caeco; / Quod saepe' nunc usuuenire' lugendum est. / Quid restat autem? quid? nisi ut uiae ignari, / Qua destinatum consequi scopum detur, / Tandem in patentem uterque' corruant fossam? / Voÿez comment le' pauure' aueugle' en fin se' porte', / Qui sur un autre' aueugle' ignoramment se' fie'. / Jl ua mal asseure', quoÿ que' fort il s'appuÿe'. / Et se' tienne' á son homme'. Ansi par male' sorte' / Tombent dans le' fosse' et luÿ, et son escorte'.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Promenades, Pageants, Processions, and Pilgrimages
	opening date:   1981-08-25T04:00:00
	<i>Promenades, Pageants, Processions, and Pilgrimages</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 25, 1981-January 3, 1982).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	purchased from (William H. Schab, NY)
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