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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…

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 Fight Between Carnival and Lent (1559)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Fight Between Carnival and Lent 1559 Oil on oak panel, 118 × 163.7 × 3.3 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscribed on a stone at lower left: BRVEGEL (V and E ligated) 1559 In the foreground…

Winter Landscape with a Bird Trap (1565)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Winter Landscape with a Bird Trap 1565 Oil on panel, 37 x 55 cm Wilton House, Wiltshire, UK Compare: Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Winter Landscape with Skaters and Bird Trap c.1565 Musées Royaux de Belgique, Brussels…

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…

Le Christ jaune (1889)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Le Christ jaune (The Yellow Christ) 1889 Oil on canvas, 92.07 x 73.34 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo The Symbolists, who emerged during the 1880s, were weary of modern society and sought escape from reality. They began to…

Terrasse de café sur la place du Forum (1888)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Terrasse de café sur la place du Forum (Café Terrace on the Place du Forum) 1888 Oil on canvas 80.7 x 65.3 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo (F 467, JH 1580) Nocturnal painting Van Gogh had intended to make…

Casa Buonarroti (Firenze)

Opened: 1859 Location: Via Ghibellina, 70, 50122 Firenze Website: https://www.casabuonarroti.it/ Collection: • Michelangelo (1475-1564): Battaglia dei centauri (1490-1492) • Michelangelo (1475-1564): Madonna della Scala (c.1490) See also: • Firenze (Italia) | Foundations | Michelangelo | Museums