The thin kitchen, by Pieter van der Heyden after Bruegel

An image of Print Album. The thin kitchen. Heyden, Pieter van der, printmaker (Netherlandish, c.1530-c.1584). After Bruegel, Pieter, the elder (Flemish, 1525/1530-1569). Engraving, 1563. Production Note: Engraved in reverse after a drawing by Breugel. Alternative Number(s): New Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); 36 I/II (Bruegel). Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); 154 (Bruegel). Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); 56 (Van der Heyden). van Someren; 154. Bastelaer; 154. Lebeer; 55. Related Object: P.4290-R-156; The fat kitchen. Part Of: P.4290-R; Engravings by Heemskerk, Collaert, De Jode, H. Cock, Wybaut, Guerenhert, Galle.

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Print Album. The thin kitchen. Heyden, Pieter van der, printmaker (Netherlandish, c.1530-c.1584). After Bruegel, Pieter, the elder (Flemish, 1525/1530-1569). Engraving, 1563. Production Note: Engraved in reverse after a drawing by Breugel. Alternative Number(s): New Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); 36 I/II (Bruegel). Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); 154 (Bruegel). Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); 56 (Van der Heyden). van Someren; 154. Bastelaer; 154. Lebeer; 55. Related Object: P.4290-R-156; The fat kitchen. Part Of: P.4290-R; Engravings by Heemskerk, Collaert, De Jode, H. Cock, Wybaut, Guerenhert, Galle.

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Accession Number: P.4290-R-155
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Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
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Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1

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