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:: 5485
The Triumph of Death (detail) g
c. 1562
Oil on panel
Museo del Prado, Madrid
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Painting ID:: 5486
Gloomy Day gfh
1565
Oil on panel, 118 x 163 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
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Painting ID:: 5487
The Harvesters gf
1565
Oil on wood, 118.1 x 160.7 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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Painting ID:: 5488
Landscape with the Fall of Icarus g
c. 1558
Oil on canvas, mounted on wood, 73.5 x 112 cm
Mus??es Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
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Painting ID:: 5489
Dulle Griet (Mad Meg) fg
c. 1562
Oil on wood, 117,4 x 162 cm
Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp
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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: | Giovanni Santi | Sylvestro Lega | Nathaniel Dance | Carlo Bononi | Sebastien Bourdon |
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