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
The Census at Bethlehem (1566)
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Twelve Proverbs (c.1558)
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
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 Conversion of Paul (1567)
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Conversion of Paul 1567 Oil on oak panel, 108.3 × 156.3 × 3.2 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscribed on the lower right side of the rock: BRVEGEL. M.D.LXVII According to the biblical story, Saul, on…
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 Painter and the Buyer (c.1566)
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Painter and the Buyer (Maler und Käufer) c.1566 Pen and black ink on brown paper, 25.5 x 21.5 cm Albertina, Vienna
The Peasant Wedding (c.1568)
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Peasant Wedding c.1568 Oil on oak, 113 × 164 × 3.2 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The apparent “snapshot” of this picture is in fact carefully composed. Dispensing with allegorical meaning the painting is a realistic…