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Iconology of the Wayfarer Triptych – Detail
The pancake, with its rich egg basis, was in particular a feanired treat during Carnival week, and is displayed behind another fat figure seated on a barrel, the personification of Carnival in Pieter Bruegel’s Combat between Carnival and Lent [Bruegel, 1559 (The Fight between Carnival and Lent; Silver, 2006, 410:note 17; Stone-Ferrier, 1983; Bloemaert, After 1635; de Mooij, 1992, 82, no. 4, 111, no. 48; Bolswert, ca. 1610-1620]. Indeed, one of the posthumous engravings ascribed to “Hieronymus Bosch” by the publisher Hieronymus Cock and engraved by Pieter van der Heyden [ van der Heyden, 1567] features an inn setting for Carnival, in which the tradition of “shaving the fool” is accompanied by the making of waffles at the hearth [de Mooij, 1992, 118, no. 55]. (p. 250)
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- Bruegel, P. (1559). The Fight between Carnival and Lent [Oil on panel]. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. Gemäldegalerie, 1016.
- van der Heyden, P. (1567). Vastenavond [Engraving on paper]. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. RP-P-1944-1085
- Bolswert, S. (ca. 1610-1620). The fight between the lean and fat [Engraving on paper]. Royal Collection Trust. RCIN 807507
- Bloemaert, F. (After 1635). February [Engraving on paper]. Philadelphia Museum of Art. 1985-52-29382





