Rulers: • James I, King of England and Ireland (1603-1625) • James VI, King of Scotland (1567-1625) Births: • Flinck, Govert (1615-1660) Art: • Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625): Paradise Landscape (c.1613-15) • Gentileschi, Artemisia (1593-c.1653): Autoritratto come martire (c.1615) •…
1611
Rulers: • James I, King of England and Ireland (1603-1625) • James VI, King of Scotland (1567-1625) Literature: • Shakespeare, William (1564-1616): The Winter’s Tale (1611) Art: • Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625): The Garden of Eden (c.1610-12) • El Greco (1541-1614): Cristo en…
Children’s Games (1560)
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Children’s Games 1560 Oil on oak panel, 116,4 × 160,3 × 1,2 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna From a bird’s eye perspective – this was the only way Bruegel could render visible the impressive crowd of figures…
1560
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: • Carracci,…
Netherlandish Proverbs (1559)
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Netherlandish Proverbs 1559 Oil on oak panel, 117.2 x 163.8 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin SHELFMARK / INSCRIPTION: Reference lower right: BRVEGEL • 1559 The picture brings together 100 proverbs and places them in surroundings that are as…
The Fight Between Carnival and Lent (1559)
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Fight Between Carnival and Lent 1559 Oil on oak panel, 118 × 163.7 × 3.3 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscribed on a stone at lower left: BRVEGEL (V and E ligated) 1559 In the foreground…
1559
Rulers: • 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) • Henri II, King of France (1547-1559) • Mary I, Queen of Scotland (1542-1567) Deaths: • Henri II,…
The Tower of Babel (c.1568)
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Tower of Babel c.1568 Oil on panel, 59.9 x 74.6 cm Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam In this famous painting Bruegel depicts the biblical story of man’s hubris and their desire to build a…
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (Rotterdam)
Opened: 1849 Address: Museumpark 18-20, 3015 CX Rotterdam, Netherlands Website: https://www.boijmans.nl/en Collection: • Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569): The Tower of Babel (c.1568) • Manet, Édouard (1832-1883): Nature morte aux pivoines blanches et autres fleurs (c.1880) • Monet, Claude (1840-1926): Printemps à Vétheuil…
Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Museums: • Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen: Museumpark 18, 3015 CX Rotterdam Rotterdam in Art: Turner, Joseph (1775-1851) Rotterdam Ferry-Boat 1833 National Gallery of Art, Washington Births: • Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466-1536) See also: • Cities | Netherlands