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:: 21399
The Tower of Babel (mk08)
1563
Oil on wood
114x154cm
Vienna,Kunsthistorisches
Museum
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Painting ID:: 21415
The Land of Cockaigne (mk08)
1576
Oil on wood,
52x78cm
Munich,Bayerische Staatsgemaldesammlungen,Alte Pinakothek
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Painting ID:: 21416
The Corn Harvest (mk08)
1565
Oil on wood
118x161cm
New York,The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Painting ID:: 21417
The Hunters in the Snwo (mk08)
Oil on wood.
117x162cm
Vienna,Kunsthistorisches Museum
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Painting ID:: 23263
The Garden of Eden (nn03)
c 1620 Oi on panel 53 84 cm
20 3/4 x 33in Victoria and Albert Museum,London
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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: | MASTER of Saint Cecilia | VERSPRONCK, Jan Cornelisz | Nourse, Elizabeth | Jean-Baptiste Pillement | Sir Francis Drake |
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