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:: 5490
Dulle Griet (detail) fjjy
c. 1562
Oil on wood
Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp
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Painting ID:: 5491
Dulle Griet (detail) fds
c. 1562
Oil on wood
Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp
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Painting ID:: 5493
Naval Battle in the Gulf of Naples fd
1558-62
Oil on panel, 42,2 x 71,2 cm
Galleria Doria-Pamphili, Rome
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Painting ID:: 5495
The Parable of the Blind Leading the Blind f
1568
Tempera on canvas, 86 x 154 cm
Galleria Nazionale, Naples
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Painting ID:: 5496
Portrait of an Old Woman gfhgf
1563
Oil on wood, 22 x 18 cm
Alte Pinakothek, Munich
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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: | Alexander von Humboldt | Vleughels Nicolas | Giovanni Santi | Bacon, Henry | PIAZZA, Callisto |
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