A woman stuffing sausages banters with a man about his not measuring up to the largest size. Engraving after M. van Cleve, ca. 1570.

  • Cleve, Marten van, 1527-1581?
Date:
[1570?]
Reference:
27994i
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A woman stuffing sausages banters with a man about his not measuring up to the largest size. Engraving after M. van Cleve, ca. 1570. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced September 2023 : A woman stuffing sausages banters with a man about his not measuring up to the largest size. Engraving.

Description

Sexual innuendo: the woman mocks the man saying he does not deserve the largest sausage, but he shows her a ruler and invites her to see that he does indeed measure up to the largest size

Publication/Creation

[Antwerp?] : [publisher not identified], [1570?]

Physical description

1 print : engraving ; image 15.5 x 15.5 cm

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Dasselb sich, Theißgen, gar nich zampt, Daß ihr die aller beste nempt. Ja Fraw, und daß ihrs glaubet haß, So kompt und nempt selb die Maß.

References note

Ger Luijten 'Teljoren in druk: een prentreeks naar Maarten van Cleve met mannen en vrouwen in het rond', Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum, 2001, 49: 153-169, 294-295 (p. 155)

Notes

Probably a design made to be painted on a trencher by a specialist trencher-painter (Luijten, loc. cit.)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 27994i

Creator/production credits

The composition has also been attributed to Pieter Brueghel the younger: a painting so attributed was offered for sale at Christie's, London, 8 December 2016, lot 3

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