This is the original drawing from Pier Bruegel. Similar engraves/etchings (whether or not in mirror image), made by Pieter van der Heijden, can be seen for example in:
the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (acc.nrs. 53.601.14 (58), 28.4(22) and 17.3.859)
the Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven (1954.18.4)
the British Museum in London (nr. 1875,0710.2651-1866,0407.12 - PD1866-4-7-12)
the Noordbrabants Museum in ‘s-Hertogenbosch (inv. 15391)
the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam (BdH 8007(PK) and BdH23958(PK)
the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam (RP-P-1883-A-6900, RP-P-OB-7375 and RP-P-1925-63), also RP-P-OB-77.302 (caricature Protestants)
The Los Angeles County Museum (M. 71.6)
The Institute f Art In Chicago (Ref,nr, 2016.376)
The KBR (Royal Library of Belgium)
The National Gallery of Art in Washington (Rosenwald collection 1980.45.222)
Auction at Christies in Londen on December 9, 2021 lot 57.
and many other locations
Credit line:
Graphics Arts Council Fund
History:
Literature:
Koldeweij, A.M., P. Vandenbroeck en B. Vermet (2001) Jheronimus Bosch. Alle schilderijen en tekeningen, Rotterdam: NAi Uitgevers, Gent/Amsterdam: Ludion, ISBN 90-5662-219-6, p. 16, as ‘Pieter van der Heyden, naar Pieter Bruegel de Oude, ‘Hieronijmus Bos inventor’, uitgegeven door Hieronymus Cock, De grote vissen eten de kleine, 1557, gravure, 22,8 × 29,9 cm’, with image in black and white.- Ilsink, Matthijs (2009) Bosch en Bruegel als Bosch. Kunst over kunst bij Pieter Bruegel (c. 1528-1569) en Jheronimus Bosch (c. 1450-1516), Edam: Orange House, ISBN 978-94-90128-17-3, p. 30.
