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Pieter Bruegel The Elder Collection (page 3)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, a renowned Flemish painter of the 16th century, left an indelible mark on art history with his diverse and thought-provoking works

Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: The Rabbit Hunt, 1560. Creator: Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Rabbit Hunt, 1560. Creator: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The Rabbit Hunt, 1560

Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: The Fat Kitchen, 1563. Creator: Pieter van der Heyden

The Fat Kitchen, 1563. Creator: Pieter van der Heyden
The Fat Kitchen, 1563

Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: Euntes in Emaus (Landscape with Pilgrims at Emmaus), ca. 1555-56

Euntes in Emaus (Landscape with Pilgrims at Emmaus), ca. 1555-56

Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: Pride (Superbia), from the series The Seven Deadly Sins, 1558

Pride (Superbia), from the series The Seven Deadly Sins, 1558

Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: Rider and two horses, 1559-1563, (1943). Creator: Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Rider and two horses, 1559-1563, (1943). Creator: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Rider and two horses, 1559-1563, (1943). Drawing in the Albertina Museum, Vienna. From " Europaische Handzeichnungen", (Five Hundred Years of European Drawings), by Bernhard Degenhart

Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: Beggars, 15th-16th century, (1943). Creators: Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Beggars, 15th-16th century, (1943). Creators: Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Beggars, 15th-16th century, (1943). Studies of disabled people. Drawing in the Albertina Museum, Vienna. From " Europaische Handzeichnungen", (Five Hundred Years of European Drawings)

Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: The Beekeepers, 1565, (1943). Creator: Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Beekeepers, 1565, (1943). Creator: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The Beekeepers, 1565, (1943). Figures wearing long coats with hoods and basket-work masks. Drawing in the Kupferstichkabinett, Staatlichen Museen, Berlin

Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: Portrait of Peter Bruegel, 1883. Creator: Unknown

Portrait of Peter Bruegel, 1883. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of Peter Bruegel, 1883.Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c.1525/30-1569) was the most significant artist of Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting, a painter and printmaker from Brabant

Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: Landscape: a River among Mountains, c1600

Landscape: a River among Mountains, c1600. The composition follows an engraving after Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525-1569)

Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: The Adoration of the Kings, 1564, (1937). Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Adoration of the Kings, 1564, (1937). Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The Adoration of the Kings, 1564. After an oil on panel by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c1525?1569). From The Studio Vol. 114 [At the Offices of the Studio Ltd. London, 1937]

Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: Elixir of Life: The Alchemist, 1558 (1956)

Elixir of Life: The Alchemist, 1558 (1956). From the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin. A print from Ideas, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common

Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: The Painter and the Connoisseur, c1565 (1956)

The Painter and the Connoisseur, c1565 (1956). This is thought to be a self-portrait of the Flemish Renaissance painter Pieter Brueghel the Elder

Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: Studies of Peasants, 1913. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Studies of Peasants, 1913. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Studies of Peasants, 1913. A print from The Art of the Great Masters, by Frederic Lees, Sampson Low, Marston and Co, London, 1913

Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: The Conversion of St Paul, 1567. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Conversion of St Paul, 1567. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The Conversion of St Paul, 1567. From the collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: The Adoration of the Magi, c1567. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Adoration of the Magi, c1567. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The Adoration of the Magi, c1567. From the collection of the Museo Correr, Venice, Italy

Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: The Adoration of the Kings, c1556-1562. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Adoration of the Kings, c1556-1562. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The Adoration of the Kings, c1556-1562. The Adoration of Three Kings presenting their gifts are treated as caricatures whilst the Virgin is not idealised

Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: The Adoration of the Kings, 1564. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Adoration of the Kings, 1564. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The Adoration of the Kings, 1564. The Adoration of Three Kings presenting their gifts are treated as caricatures whilst the Virgin is not idealised. From the collection of the National Gallery, London

Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: The Numbering at Bethlehem, 1566. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Numbering at Bethlehem, 1566. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The Numbering at Bethlehem, 1566. From the collection of the Musees Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium

Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: Man Yawning, c1545-1569. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Man Yawning, c1545-1569. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Man Yawning, c1545-1569. From the collection of the Musees Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium

Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: The Harvesters, 1565. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Harvesters, 1565. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The Harvesters, 1565. From a private collection

Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: The Amateur Painter, c1562. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Amateur Painter, c1562. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The Amateur Painter, c1562. From a private collection

Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: The Storm, 1569. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Storm, 1569. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The Storm, 1569. An unfinished work, probably the artists last painting. From the collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: The Parable of the Blind, 1568. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Parable of the Blind, 1568. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The Parable of the Blind, 1568. Christs words about peoples inner blindness to true religion: they are blind guides, and if one blind man guides another they will both fall into the ditch

Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: Tower of Babel, 1563. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Tower of Babel, 1563. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Tower of Babel, 1563. The Tower of Babel was built by a united humanity in an attempt to reach Heaven. From the collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, c1555. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, c1555. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, c1555. From the collection of the Musees Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium

Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: Flemish proverb, c1558-1560. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Flemish proverb, c1558-1560. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Flemish proverb, c1558-1560. Detail from Twelve Flemish Proverbs. From the Museum Mayer van der Berg, Antwerp, Belgium

Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: He cannot tolerate the sun shimmering in the water, c1558-1560. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder

He cannot tolerate the sun shimmering in the water, c1558-1560. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
He cannot tolerate the sun shimmering in the water, c1558-1560. Detail from Twelve Flemish Proverbs. From the Museum Mayer van der Berg, Antwerp, Belgium

Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: He Shakes out his coat according to the wind, c1558-1560. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder

He Shakes out his coat according to the wind, c1558-1560. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
He Shakes out his coat according to the wind, c1558-1560. Detail from Twelve Flemish Proverbs. From the Museum Mayer van der Berg, Antwerp, Belgium

Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: Head of a Lansquenet, c1545-1569. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Head of a Lansquenet, c1545-1569. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Head of a Lansquenet, c1545-1569. From the collection of the Musee Fabre, Montpellier, France

Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: Two Monkeys, 1562. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Two Monkeys, 1562. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Two Monkeys, 1562. From the collection of the Gemaldegalerie, Berlin

Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: View of the ancient fortifications of Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1562. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder

View of the ancient fortifications of Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1562. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
View of the ancient fortifications of Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1562

Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: The tower of Babel. From an etching by Anton Joseph von Prenner

The tower of Babel. From an etching by Anton Joseph von Prenner, after a work by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: 16th century warship and a galley. After a work by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

16th century warship and a galley. After a work by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: The Battle about Money, after 1570. Creator: Pieter van der Heyden

The Battle about Money, after 1570. Creator: Pieter van der Heyden
The Battle about Money, after 1570

Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: Alchemist 1558 Engraving first state three sheet

Alchemist 1558 Engraving first state three sheet
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Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: Euntes Emaus Landscape Pilgrims Emmaus series

Euntes Emaus Landscape Pilgrims Emmaus series
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Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: Avarice Avaritia series Seven Deadly Sins 1558

Avarice Avaritia series Seven Deadly Sins 1558
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Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: Dirty Bride Marriage Mopsus Nisa 1570 Engraving

Dirty Bride Marriage Mopsus Nisa 1570 Engraving
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Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: Rabbit Hunt 1560 Etching Sheet 8 7 / 16 x 11 3 / 8

Rabbit Hunt 1560 Etching Sheet 8 7 / 16 x 11 3 / 8
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Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: Peter Breughel, plate 19 from the series Pictorum aliquot celebrium Germanaie

Peter Breughel, plate 19 from the series Pictorum aliquot celebrium Germanaie
XJF996500 Peter Breughel, plate 19 from the series " Pictorum aliquot celebrium Germanaie inferioris effigies" (Portraits of some Celebrated Artists of the Low Countries)

Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: Hieronymus Cock after Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Flemish, c

Hieronymus Cock after Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Flemish, c. 1510 - 1570), Landscape with the Temptation of Christ, etching

Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: Philip Galle after Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Flemish, 1537 - 1612), The Triumph of Time

Philip Galle after Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Flemish, 1537 - 1612), The Triumph of Time, engraving

Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: Hans Liefrinck I after Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Flemish, probably 1518 - 1573)

Hans Liefrinck I after Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Flemish, probably 1518 - 1573), The Fat Kitchen, in or after 1563, engraving

Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: Hendrik Hondius after Pieter Bruegel the Elder (after Hieronymus Bosch? (Dutch, 1573

Hendrik Hondius after Pieter Bruegel the Elder (after Hieronymus Bosch? (Dutch, 1573 - 1649 or after), The Big Fish Eat the Little Fish, c. 1619, engraving

Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: Simon Novellanus after Pieter Bruegel the Elder (German, active c

Simon Novellanus after Pieter Bruegel the Elder (German, active c. 1560-1590), River Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, 1553, etching and engraving

Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: Frans Huys after Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Flemish, 1522 - 1562), Armed Four-Master

Frans Huys after Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Flemish, 1522 - 1562), Armed Four-Master Sailing towards a Port, 1565, engraving

Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Flemish, c. 1525-1530 - 1569), Peasants and Cattle near a Farmhouse

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Flemish, c. 1525-1530 - 1569), Peasants and Cattle near a Farmhouse, c. 1553-1554, pen and brown ink on laid paper

Background imagePieter Bruegel The Elder Collection: Pieter van der Heyden after Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Flemish, active c. 1551-1572)

Pieter van der Heyden after Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Flemish, active c. 1551-1572), The Witch of Malleghem, published 1559, engraving




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Pieter Bruegel the Elder, a renowned Flemish painter of the 16th century, left an indelible mark on art history with his diverse and thought-provoking works. His painting "Dulle Griet (Mad Meg)" depicts a fierce and determined woman in armor, challenging traditional gender roles. In "The Harvesters, " Bruegel captures the essence of rural life, showcasing peasants toiling away in the fields during harvest season. In "Whatever I do, I do not Repent, I Keep Pissing against the Moon, " Bruegel's irreverence shines through as he challenges societal norms and expectations. The artist's collaboration with Pieter van der Heyden resulted in powerful pieces like "Patience (Patientia), " which explores the virtue amidst chaos, and "Pride (Superbia)" from their series on The Seven Deadly Sins. "The Peasant Dance" brings joyous scenes to life as villagers come together for merriment and celebration. Conversely, "Misanthrope" delves into human isolation and disillusionment. Philip Galle collaborated with Bruegel on notable works such as "The Parable of the Good Shepherd, " conveying religious themes with intricate detail. Bruegel's mastery is evident in his depiction of somber subjects like death; both in "The Death of the Virgin" by Philip Galle and his own creation titled "The Triumph of Death. " These artworks explore mortality while evoking deep contemplation within viewers' hearts. Collaborating again with van der Heyden for their piece titled "Everyman, " they delve into existential questions about life's purpose. Finally, anger takes center stage in Philip Galle's portrayal of this deadly sin known as “Anger (Ira). ” Through his wide-ranging subject matter and technical prowess, Pieter Bruegel the Elder continues to captivate audiences centuries later. His ability to capture humanity's complexities and challenge societal norms makes him a true master of his craft.