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…

1562

Rulers: • Caterina de’ Medici, Queen regent of France (1519-1589) • Cosimo I de’ Medici, Duke of Florence (1537-1569) • Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland (1558-1603) • Felipe II, King of Spain (1556-1598) • Mary I, Queen of Scotland (1542-1567) Births: • Vega,…

Museum Mayer van den Bergh (Antwerp)

Founded: 1904 Address: Lange Gasthuisstraat 19, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium Website: https://museummayervandenbergh.be/en Collection: • Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569): Dulle Griet (1561) • Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569): Twelve Proverbs (c.1558) • Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711): Venus Giving Arms to Aeneas (1668) See also: • Antwerp (Belgium) | Museums

Antwerp (Belgium)

Antwerp in Art: Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Le quai à Anvers 1874 Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas     Braque, Georges (1882-1963) Le Port d’Anvers 1905 Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel     Braque, Georges (1882-1963) Le Port d’Anvers 1906 National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa    …

1556

Rulers: • Carlos I, King of Spain (1516-1556) • Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1519-1558) • Cosimo I de’ Medici, Duke of Florence (1537-1569) • Felipe II, King of Spain (1556-1598) • Henri II, King of France (1547-1559) • Mary I, Queen of Scotland (1542-1567) Deaths: • Aretino,…