Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Adoration of the Kings c.1556 Tempera on canvas, 124 x 169 cm Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels
The Adoration of the Kings (c.1556)
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The Adoration of the Kings in the Snow (1563)
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Adoration of the Kings in the Snow 1563 Tempera on panel, 35 x 55 cm Sammlung Oskar Reinhart “Am Römerholz”, Winterthur
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…
The Tower of Babel (c.1568)
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Tower of Babel c.1568 Oil on panel, 59.9 x 74.6 cm Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam In this famous painting Bruegel depicts the biblical story of man’s hubris and their desire to build a…
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (Rotterdam)
Opened: 1849 Address: Museumpark 18-20, 3015 CX Rotterdam, Netherlands Website: https://www.boijmans.nl/en Collection: • Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569): The Tower of Babel (c.1568) • Manet, Édouard (1832-1883): Nature morte aux pivoines blanches et autres fleurs (c.1880) • Monet, Claude (1840-1926): Printemps à Vétheuil…
Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Museums: • Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen: Museumpark 18, 3015 CX Rotterdam Rotterdam in Art: Turner, Joseph (1775-1851) Rotterdam Ferry-Boat 1833 National Gallery of Art, Washington Births: • Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466-1536) See also: • Cities | Netherlands
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…