Artist: BRUEGEL, Pieter the Elder Painting: Naval Battle in the Gulf of Naples fd Introduction: 1558-62
Oil on panel, 42,2 x 71,2 cm
Galleria Doria-Pamphili, Rome
The Parable of the Blind Leading the Blind f Painting ID:: 5495
Artist: BRUEGEL, Pieter the Elder Painting: The Parable of the Blind Leading the Blind f Introduction: 1568
Tempera on canvas, 86 x 154 cm
Galleria Nazionale, Naples
Flemish Northern Renaissance Painter, ca.1525-1569
(born c. 1525, probably Breda, duchy of Brabant ?? died Sept. 5/9, 1569, Brussels) Greatest Netherlandish painter of the 16th century. Not much is known of his early life, but in 1551 he set off for Italy, where he produced his earliest signed painting, Landscape with Christ and the Apostles at the Sea of Tiberias (c. 1553). Returning to Flanders in 1555, he achieved some fame with a series of satirical, moralizing prints in the style of Hiƫronymus Bosch, commissioned by an Antwerp engraver. He is best known for his paintings of Netherlandish proverbs, seasonal landscapes, and realistic views of peasant life and folklore, but he also took a novel approach to religious subject matter, portraying biblical events in panoramic scenes, often viewed from above. He had many important patrons; most of his paintings were commissioned by collectors. In addition to many drawings and engravings, about 40 authenticated paintings from his enormous output have survived. His sons, Peter Brueghel the Younger and Jan, the Elder Brueghel (both of whom restored to the name the h their father had abandoned), and later imitators carried his style into the 18th century.
. Related Artists to BRUEGEL, Pieter the Elder : | Bellows, George | Camille Roqueplan | George Bellows | Jacob Ferdinand Voet | William Lees Judson |