Tag: foliage

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,…

The Magpie on the Gallows (1568)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Magpie on the Gallows (Landschap met dansende boeren en een ekster op een galg) 1568 Oil on panel, 45.9 x 50.8 cm Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt

The Suicide of Saul (1562)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Suicide of Saul 1562 Oil on oak panel, 34.7 × 55.6 × 0.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscribed at the lower left edge of the picture between two pieces of rock: SAVL. XXXI CAPIT.; and:…

The Beggars (1568)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Beggars (The Cripples) 1568 Oil on panel, 18.5 x 21.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The real meaning of the scene, in particular the meaning of the motif of fox tails (a motif dear to…

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…

Children’s Games (1560)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Children’s Games 1560 Oil on oak panel, 116,4 × 160,3 × 1,2 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna From a bird’s eye perspective – this was the only way Bruegel could render visible the impressive crowd of figures…

Netherlandish Proverbs (1559)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Netherlandish Proverbs 1559 Oil on oak panel, 117.2 x 163.8 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin SHELFMARK / INSCRIPTION: Reference lower right: BRVEGEL • 1559 The picture brings together 100 proverbs and places them in surroundings that are as…

The Tower of Babel (1563)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Tower of Babel 1563 Oil on oak, 114.4 × 155.5 × 3.8 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Designated at the bottom of a cuboid: BRVEGEL. FE. M.CCCCC.LXIII Bruegel’s monumental composition became the most famous, most often…

The Procession to Calvary (1564)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Procession to Calvary 1564 Oil on oak panel, 124.3 × 170.6 × 1 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscribed at lower right: BRVEGEL. MD.LXIIII Bruegel continues the Netherlandish pictorial tradition reaching back to Jan van Eyck…

Hunters in the Snow (1565)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Hunters in the Snow (Winter / December-January) 1565 Oil on oak panel, 116.5 × 162 × 2.4 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The group of hunters returns to the low–lying village, accompanied by an exhausted pack of…