Tag: Bruegel

The Hare Hunters (1566)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Hare Hunters 1566 Etching in black on ivory laid paper, 21.5 × 29.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This etching might represent two related proverbs popularized by Erasmus in the mid-1500s: “He who chases two…

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

(c.1525–1569) The artist’s works: The Adoration of the Kings c.1556 Musées Royaux de Belgique, Brussels Parable of the Sower 1557 Timken Museum of Art, San Diego Naval Battle in the Gulf of Naples c.1558 Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Roma Landscape with the Fall…

Erasmus of Rotterdam

(1466–1536) Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus Works: • Against War (English) • Colloquies, Volume I (English) • Dialoge or communication of two persons (English) • Education of Children (English) • Encomium artis medicae (Latin) • In Praise of Folly (English) • Merry Dialogue Declaringe the Properties of Shrowde Shrews…