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The Dirty Bride or The Wedding of Mopsus and Nisa
Pieter Bruegel the Elder, ca. 1566
- Artist
- Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlandish, Breda (?) ca. 1525–1569 Brussels)
- Date
- ca. 1566
- Medium
- Pen and black-brown ink on white-prepared partially carved block of applewood
- Size
- Overall: 10 3/8 x 16 3/8 x 1 1/8 in. (26.4 x 41.6 x 2.9 cm)
- Type
- Blocks
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Licence
- Public domain: free to use, no permission needed
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