Tag: Art

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

Hessisches Landesmuseum (Darmstadt)

Opened: 1820 Address: Friedensplatz 1, 64283 Darmstadt, Germany Website: https://www.hlmd.de/ Collection: • Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569): The Magpie on the Gallows (1568) See also: • Darmstadt (Germany) | Museums

Winter Landscape with Skaters and Bird Trap (c.1565)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Winter Landscape with Skaters and Bird Trap c.1565 Oil on oak panel, 37 x 55.5 cm Musées Royaux de Belgique, Brussels Compare: Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Winter Landscape with a Bird Trap 1565 Wilton House, UK  …

The Conversion of Paul (1567)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Conversion of Paul 1567 Oil on oak panel, 108.3 × 156.3 × 3.2 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscribed on the lower right side of the rock: BRVEGEL. M.D.LXVII According to the biblical story, Saul, on…

The Suicide of Saul (1562)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Suicide of Saul 1562 Oil on oak panel, 34.7 × 55.6 × 0.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscribed at the lower left edge of the picture between two pieces of rock: SAVL. XXXI CAPIT.; and:…

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…