The Blind Leading the Blind
c. 1561
Pieter van der Heyden
Pieter van der Heyden (Netherlandish, c. 1530–c. 1575)
Prints
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
- Maker/Artist
- Pieter van der Heyden
- Classification
- Formatted Medium
- engraving
- Medium
- engraving
- Dimensions
- 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.)
- Inscribed
- 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'.
- Departments
- Prints
- Accession Number
- 1966.11
- Credit Line
- Delia E. Holden Fund
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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