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Artists›Pieter van der Heyden

Pieter van der Heyden

1530–1572

WA-00303494

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WikidataQ2094287

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Death yearWikidata· 92%
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BiographyWikipedia· 88%

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Pieter van der Heyden was a Flemish printmaker who is known for his reproductive engravings after works by leading Flemish painters and designers of the 16th century.

Source: Wikidata · Trust score: 85% · Updated 15d ago

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Artworks (36)

Winter, from The Four Seasons

1570 · Engraving with etching in black on ivory laid paper

Image: 21 × 28.7 cm (8 5/16 × 11 5/16 in.); Plate: 22.7 × 28.7 cm (8 15/16 × 11 5/16 in.); Sheet: 28.3 × 38 cm (11 3/16 × 15 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Summer, from The Four Seasons

1570 · Engraving with etching in black on ivory laid paper

Image: 22.4 × 28.4 cm (8 7/8 × 11 3/16 in.); Plate: 22.5 × 29.5 cm (8 7/8 × 11 5/8 in.); Sheet: 28.3 × 37.9 cm (11 3/16 × 14 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Spring, from The Four Seasons

1570 · Engraving with etching in black on ivory laid paper

Image: 21 × 28.4 cm (8 5/16 × 11 3/16 in.); Plate: 22.8 × 28.7 cm (9 × 11 5/16 in.); Sheet: 28.5 × 38 cm (11 1/4 × 15 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria

1570 · paper

The Wedding of Mopsus and Nisa

1570

Spring

1570

Drie apostelen Simon Zelotes, Matteüs en Mattias

1568 · engraving on paper

height: 185 cm, width: 261 cm

Rijksmuseum

Portrait of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor

1564 · paper

The Oyster-Shell

1562

Portrait of João Manuel, Prince of Portugal

1560 · paper

The Blind Leading the Blind

1560

The Stone Operation or The Witch of Mallegem

1559 · Engraving in black on ivory laid paper

Image/plate/sheet: 33 × 46.8 cm (13 × 18 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Stone operation or Witch of Mallegem

Lust, plate seven from The Seven Deadly Sins

1558 · Engraving on cream laid paper

Image/plate: 22.5 × 29.5 cm (8 7/8 × 11 5/8 in.); Sheet: 26 × 32.4 cm (10 1/4 × 12 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Ass at School

1557

Big Fish Eat Little Fish

1557

Sloth

1557

Portrait of Francis II of France

1555 · paper

Danae and the Shower of Gold

1550 · Graphite, heightened with lead white (partially discolored), on blue prepared ground, on laid paper

16.7 × 23.8 cm (6 5/8 × 9 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Big Fish Eat the Little Fish

Everyman

The Witch of Malleghem

Pride

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36 published of 36 catalogued · 35 with image

Wikidata
29 published29 img
Art Institute Chicago
6 published5 img
Rijksmuseum
1 published1 img

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35 entries · 1 sources

Portrait of Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria
1570 · Wikidata · 4 prov
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Portrait of Francis II of France
1555 · Wikidata · 4 prov
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Portrait of João Manuel, Prince of Portugal
1560 · Wikidata · 4 prov
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Stone operation or Witch of Mallegem
1559 · Wikidata · 4 prov
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Portrait of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
1564 · Wikidata · 4 prov
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The Oyster-Shell
1562 · Wikidata · 3 prov
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Autumn
— · Wikidata · 3 prov
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Die blau Schuyte
1559 · Wikidata · 3 prov
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The Ass at School
1557 · Wikidata · 3 prov
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The Blind Leading the Blind
1560 · Wikidata · 3 prov
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