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…
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery 1565 Oil on panel, 24.1 x 34.4 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London Inscription: lower left corner within image: BRVEGEL.M.D.LXV ‘Grisaille’, or painting in shades of grey, was traditionally…
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Dormition of the Virgin c.1564 Oil on panel, 67.7 x 85.3 x 12.6 cm Upton House and Gardens, England This ‘grisaille’, or grey monochrome painting, shows the death of the Virgin, attended by the…
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…
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Haymaking (June-July) 1565 Oil on panel, 114 x 158 cm Lobkowicz Palace, Prague
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Gloomy Day (Early Spring / February-March) 1565 Oil on oak panel, 118 x 163 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The picture represents late winter or early spring with such seasonal activities as collecting wood and cutting willow…
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Fall of the Rebel Angels 1562 Oil on oak, 117 x 162 cm Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Census at Bethlehem 1566 Oil on oak, 115.5 x 163.5 cm Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Twelve Proverbs (Twaalf spreuken op borden) c.1558 Oak panel, 74.5 x 98.4 cm Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp
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,…