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Impressed by the way in which Brussels is marking the 450th anniversary of Pieter Bruegel’s death, from a survey of his prints and drawings, to street art. @FineArtsBelgium @kbrbe
The label in @kbrbe’s excellent “The World of Bruegel in Black and White” exhibition claims that this shows Hercules slaying the Hydra of Lerna; I think they mean the Newman Lion!
“Find things beautiful as much as you can; most people find too little beautiful.” - Vincent van Gogh who died #OnThisDay 1890
Nicolaes Berchem’s “The City Wall of Haarlem in the Winter” (1647) @FransHalsMuseum #art #cityscape
Jacob van Ruisdael’s “Waterfall in a Rocky Landscape” (1660s) @LiechtensteinAT #art #landscape @JohnConstableRA
Jacob van Ruisdael’s “The Breakwater” (c.1671) @MuseeLouvre; a painting that Vincent van Gogh thought “magnificent” #art
Jacob van Ruisdael’s “Dune Landscape” (1646) #state_hermitage #art #landscape
Rosa Bonheur’s “Study of a Dog” (1860s?) @ Princeton University Art Museum #art