Tag: Art

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…

Wilton House (Wiltshire)

1544: Buildings and land are granted by Henry VIII to Sir William Herbert Location: The Estate Office, Wilton, Salisbury SP2 0BJ, UK Website: https://www.wiltonhouse.co.uk/ Collection: • Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569): Winter Landscape with a Bird Trap (1565) See also: • Houses | England | UK

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…

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