Category: Art

Hans Holbein the Younger

(c.1497–1543) The artist’s works: Erasmus 1523 National Gallery, London Erasmus of Rotterdam writing 1523 Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel Noli me Tangere 1526–1528 Hampton Court Palace, London Erasmus writing 1528 Musée du Louvre, Paris Erasmus of Rotterdam c.1532 Metropolitan Museum of Art,…

The Beggars (1568)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Beggars (The Cripples) 1568 Oil on panel, 18.5 x 21.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The real meaning of the scene, in particular the meaning of the motif of fox tails (a motif dear to…

Albertina (Vienna)

Founded: 1776 Location: Albertinaplatz 1, 1010 Vienna Website: https://www.albertina.at/en/home Collection: • Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569): The Painter and the Buyer (c.1566) • Signac, Paul (1863-1935): Venise, le nuage rose (1909) See also: • Museums | Vienna (Austria)

The Peasant Wedding (c.1568)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Peasant Wedding c.1568 Oil on oak, 113 × 164 × 3.2 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The apparent “snapshot” of this picture is in fact carefully composed. Dispensing with allegorical meaning the painting is a realistic…

Nini López

Nini-Gueule-de-Raie, or “fish face” Nini López in Art: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) La loge 1874 Courtauld Institute Galleries, London     Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Nini dans le jardin 1876 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York     Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Portrait de Nini Lopez 1876 Musée…

The Peasant Dance (c.1568)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Peasant Dance c.1568 Oil on oak panel, 114 × 164 × 3 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscribed at lower right: BRVEGEL The opening dance of the country fair is depicted: a traditional leaping dance which…

The Harvesters (1565)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Harvesters (August-September) 1565 Oil on wood, 119 x 162 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In this work, the viewer is transported to a hot summer day in the Netherlands. It belongs to a…

The Triumph of Death (1562-1563)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Triumph of Death 1562–1563 Oil on panel, 117 x 162 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid In this moral work, the triumph of Death over mundane things is symbolized by a large army of skeletons razing…

Dulle Griet (1561)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Dulle Griet (Mad Meg) 1561 Oil on panel, 117.4 x 162 cm Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp ‘Like a director of horror films, the painter tried to appeal to all the senses in order to…