Tag: Flemish

The Building of the Tower of Babel (c.1595)

Brueghel, Pieter the Younger (1564-1638) The Building of the Tower of Babel c.1595 Oil on panel, 43.2 x 42.9 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Attributed to Peter Brueghel the Younger, this small panel, from the collections of the Palace of…

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

(c.1525–1569) The artist’s works: Naval Battle in the Gulf of Naples c.1551–1553 Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Roma The Adoration of the Kings c.1556 Musées Royaux de Belgique, Brussels Parable of the Sower 1557 Timken Museum of Art, San Diego Landscape with the Fall…

Jan Van Eyck

(c.1390–1441) The artist’s works: Ghent altarpiece 1432 Saint Bavo Cathedral, Ghent Portrait of a Man 1432 National Gallery, London Portrait of a Man 1433 National Gallery, London The Annunciation Diptych c.1433–1435 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife 1434 National Gallery, London The Virgin…

Landscape with the Flight into Egypt (1563)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Landscape with the Flight into Egypt 1563 Oil on panel, 37.1 x 55.6 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London In this captivating work, Pieter Bruegel depicts the biblical story of the Virgin Mary, Joseph and their infant son…

Head of an Old Farmer’s Wife (c.1560-1565)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Head of an Old Farmer’s Wife c.1560–1565 Oil on oak, 22 x 18.4 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich Such studies of facial expressions, known as tronies, served to capture a fleeting moment of powerful emotion and its…

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…