New: Artnap New Tab for Chrome. A museum painting in every new tab. Add to Chrome

Pieter van der Heyden

134 works

Featured

Filters

Shape

Century

Clear all

Engraving of two blind men stumbling toward a ditch on a rural path beside a thatched cottage and tree.

The Blind Leading the Blind

c. 1561

Engraving of Christ with apostles on a shore, men hauling a fish-filled net from a boat, trees and a distant city.

Miraculous draught of fishes and miraculous feeding

1556

Engraving of a crowded square with fools in costume playing with large balls, dancing, and musicians on a rotunda.

Das Narrenfest

Engraving of peasants harvesting grain in a summer field under a radiant sun, with a village and church on the hills.

Der Sommer

Engraved ornamental cartouche with a reclining figure, owl, winged woman, eagle, shield and fruit garlands.

Rechterhelft van een grote cartouche met een voorstelling van de Nacht

1567

Engraved print with two friezes of piled armour, helmets, shields and spears inside an ornate scrolled border.

Twee friezen met wapentuig in een omlijsting van rolwerk

1567

Two oval engraved portraits side by side: a bearded man in a feathered cap and a woman in a jeweled headdress and ruff.

Portretten van Willem II, hertog van Gelre, en van Maria van Oostenrijk, hertogin van Gelre

1560

Engraved ornamental cartouche with a reclining cherub on clouds in the centre, surrounded by birds and grotesque masks.

Voorstellingen van de vier elementen: lucht

1566

Engraved ornamental cartouche with nude figures, fruit garlands and masks framing a small allegorical scene with putti.

Zomer

1566

Engraving of a crowded satirical scene with a quack surgeon operating on a seated patient amid onlookers and jugs.

The Stone Operation or The Witch of Mallegem

1559

Engraving of peasants in a chaotic woodland wedding scene, with a running woman, a sword-wielding man, and a stone house behi

Vuile bruid of de bruiloft van Mopsus en Nisa

1570

Engraving of peasants dancing at a village wedding feast, with musicians, a seated bride and a crowd of onlookers.

Dans op boerenbruiloft

1601

Engraving of a giant fish devouring smaller fish, with fishermen in a boat, a distant city skyline, and a Latin caption below

Big Fish Eat Little Fish

1557

Engraving of peasants gardening in spring, digging and planting beds beside a farmhouse, with sheep and a distant town.

Spring, from The Four Seasons

1570

Engraving of figures harvesting wheat under a blazing sun, with a village church on a hill in the background.

Summer, from The Four Seasons

1570

Engraving of peasants slaughtering a pig and preparing food outside a farmhouse, with a village and vineyard in autumn landsc

Autumn, from The Four Seasons

1570

Engraving of winter villagers skating on a frozen river beside a castle, with a thatched cottage and bare trees.

Winter, from The Four Seasons

1570

Engraving of revelers feasting and making music inside a giant mussel shell floating at sea, with an owl in a tree.

Merrymakers in a Mussel at Sea.

1562

Engraving of grotesque demons tumbling and playing music around a calm haloed saint standing in a doorway on the right.

De val van de tovenaar Hermogenes

1565

Engraving of autumn harvest labour: a pig being butchered, women cooking, and workers gathering fruit in a village landscape.

Autumn

1570

Engraving of a winter scene with skaters on a frozen canal, a brick castle, and villagers in heavy cloaks near bare trees.

Winter

Engraving of villagers gardening in formal beds in spring, with sheep grazing, a farmhouse, and a village tower in the distan

Spring

1570

Engraving of a crowded quack's market with a tooth extraction, onlookers, jars, an owl, and a village mill in the background.

The Witch of Malleghem

1559

Engraving of the Last Judgment with Christ enthroned above angels, saints ascending, and the damned among monsters in hell.

The Last Judgment

1558

Engraving of allegorical Anger: a hooded figure with a barrel among battling grotesque soldiers, a burning city and fallen bo

Anger

1558

Engraving of an allegorical scene of greed, with a woman counting coins amid hoarders and a burning city behind.

Avarice

1558

Engraving of Envy as a central woman among grotesque creatures, a fish, pigs and a turkey, with canals, a bridge and odd buil

Envy

1558

Engraving of an allegory of gluttony with feasting figures, barrels, grotesque creatures and a burning town in the background

Gluttony

1558

Engraving of Lust: nude figures, grotesque hybrid creatures, and fantastical buildings in a crowded allegorical landscape.

Lust

1558

Engraved allegory of Pride with a woman holding a mirror beside a peacock amid fantastical architecture and grotesque creatur

Pride

1558

Engraving of a reclining woman with snails and a donkey amid crowded fantastical scenes of idleness and allegory, 1558.

Sloth

1558

Engraving of a crowded boat of foolish figures labeled Die Blau Schuyte, with a standing boatman, birds, reeds and a distant

Die Blau Schuyte (The Ship of Fools)

1559