Tag: 1568

The Magpie on the Gallows (1568)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Magpie on the Gallows (Landschap met dansende boeren en een ekster op een galg) 1568 Oil on panel, 45.9 x 50.8 cm Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt

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…

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…

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 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…

Urbanus VIII (Papa)

(1568–1644) Maffeo Barberini Pope Urban VIII (1623–1644) Maffeo Barberini in Art: Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Ritratto di papa Urbano VIII Barberini c.1631–1632 Palazzo Barberini, Roma     Caravaggio (1571-1610) Ritratto di Maffeo Barberini c.1598 Private collection, Firenze     Works commissioned by him:…

1568

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) • James VI, King of Scotland (1567-1625) Births: • Barberini, Maffeo (1568-1644), Pope Urban VIII (1623-1644) • Brueghel, Jan…

Jan Brueghel the Elder

(1568–1625) The artist’s works: The Temptation of Saint Anthony 1594 Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven Mountainous Landscape with Herdsmen c.1595 Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee 1596 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Adoration of the Magi 1598–1600 Hermitage…