Tag: bird

Il festino degli dei (1514)

Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Il festino degli dei (The Feast of the Gods) 1514 Oil on canvas, 170 x 188 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Six women, eight men, two satyrs, and one child gather in pairs and trios in a…

Two Chained Monkeys (1562)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Two Chained Monkeys 1562 Oil on oak panel, 19.9 x 23.3 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin SHELFMARK / INSCRIPTION: Inscription lower left: • BRVEGEL • MDLXII • This unusual picture dates from the year 1562, shortly before Bruegel…

The Peasant and the Nest Robber (1568)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Peasant and the Nest Robber 1568 Oil on oak, 59.3 × 68.4 × 0.7 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscribed at lower left (in gold colour): BRVEGEL M.D.LXVIII The depiction is traditionally linked with the proverb…

Massacre of the Innocents (Romania)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Massacre of the Innocents 1565–1567 Oil on wood, 115.5 x 164 cm Brukenthal National Museum, Sibiu Compare: Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Massacre of the Innocents c.1565–1567 Royal Collection, Windsor Castle     Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Massacre…

Massacre of the Innocents (c.1565-1567)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Massacre of the Innocents c.1565–1567 Oil on panel, 109.2 x 158.1 cm Royal Collection, Windsor Castle According to St Matthew’s Gospel, after hearing from the wise men of the birth of Jesus, King Herod ordered that…

The Return of the Herd (1565)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Return of the Herd (Autumn, October-November) 1565 Oil on oak, 117 × 159.7 × 3 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Bruegel introduced to the art of painting the autumn motif of the returning herd, a subject…

Parable of the Sower (1557)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Parable of the Sower 1557 Oil on wood panel, 73.7 × 102.9 cm Timken Museum of Art, San Diego Pieter Bruegel the Elder took pleasure in burying the lead. Many of his mature works had lofty,…

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  …