BRUEGEL, Pieter the Elder Oil Painting Reproduction
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BRUEGEL, Pieter the Elder 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 Hiëronymus 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.
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Painting ID:: 5480 The Little Tower of Babel
c. 1563
Oil on panel, 60 x 74.5 cm
Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam
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Painting ID:: 5481 The Beggars gf
1568
Oil on wood, 18 x 21 cm
Mus??e du Louvre, Paris
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Painting ID:: 5482 The Land of Cockayne g
1567
Oil on panel, 52 x 78 cm
Alte Pinakothek, Munich
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Painting ID:: 5483 The Peasant Dance fdg
1568
Oil on oak panel, 114 x 164 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
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Painting ID:: 5484 The Triumph of Death fyfg
c. 1562
Oil on panel, 117 x 162 cm
Museo del Prado, Madrid
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BRUEGEL, Pieter the Elder
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 Hiëronymus 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: | Dominic Serres | Harriet Powers | GIuseppe Cesari Called Cavaliere arpino | Julius Adam | Circle of Pierre Gobert |
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