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Gloomy Day (1565)

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…

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

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  …

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…

Wilton House (Wiltshire)

1544: Buildings and land are granted by Henry VIII to Sir William Herbert Location: The Estate Office, Wilton, Salisbury SP2 0BJ, UK Website: https://www.wiltonhouse.co.uk/ Collection: • Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569): Winter Landscape with a Bird Trap (1565) See also: • Houses | England | UK

The Harvesters (1565)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Harvesters (August-September) 1565 Oil on wood, 119 x 162 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In this work, the viewer is transported to a hot summer day in the Netherlands. It belongs to a…

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…