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拍品專文
The preparatory drawing for this engraving, dated 1559 and signed by Bruegel, is in the Bibliothèque Royale, Brussels (inv. S.II..133707).
None of the catalogue sources makes a distinction between states. Only Lebeer (1969), distinguishes between two states of the plate: one in which the 'A' in 'VIVAT' is missing the middle bar, and a second one in which this 'A' is corrected, as in the present impression.
Maarten Bassens, who is currently preparing a new catalogue raisonné of prints after Bruegel, considers this an impression of the second, final state. We are grateful to Mr Bassens for this information, prior to publication.
None of the catalogue sources makes a distinction between states. Only Lebeer (1969), distinguishes between two states of the plate: one in which the 'A' in 'VIVAT' is missing the middle bar, and a second one in which this 'A' is corrected, as in the present impression.
Maarten Bassens, who is currently preparing a new catalogue raisonné of prints after Bruegel, considers this an impression of the second, final state. We are grateful to Mr Bassens for this information, prior to publication.