Big Fish eat Little Fish - New York

Anonymous - After Maarten de Vos - also called Maerten

c. 1580

Location:

New York - USA - The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Acc.nr. 49.95.2072)

Material:

Engraving I/II

Dimensions:

23,7 x 29,3

Unverfehrt catalogue:

De Vrij catalogue:

More information

Published by J.B. Vrints

"Big fish eat little fish" is used here to illustrate the image of pagans and barbarians (from book 'Hieronymus Bosch' Matthijs Ilsink, 2009, p. 305.

Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein XLIV.258.1291 i/ii

Credit line:

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949

History:

Literature:

'Hieronymus Bosch' Matthijs Ilsink, 2009, p. 305.

Source:

Website 'metmuseum.org'