Detail of work in progress, crossing the alps

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The celebrity of Pieter the Elder overshadows the remarkable achievements and influence of his contemporary amateur - he was primarily a merchant - Cornelis van Dalem

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4/4 Upside down & rightside up: the joys of Pieter Bruegel’s children.

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"They were strange days—curious dream-like days—and they followed each other silently, like shadows over grain fields."
- Edith Allonby, The Fulfilment (1905)

The Fall of Icarus (1558)
By Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1526–1569)

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The perils and pleasures of taking a dip ~ Jonah Swallowed by the Whale (Giotto, 1306 Arena Chapel 1306) ■ Fall of Icarus (Bruegel, mid 16C) ■ The Swimming Venus of Ramsgate (Fores, c 1803, British Museum)

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Nell’estate del 1563 si sposò ad Anversa con Mayeken Coecke (figlia di Pieter Coecke, suo maestro) e si trasferì a Bruxelles.
Nel 1564 nacque Pieter, suo primogenito, anche lui destinato a diventare pittore e nello stesso anno dipinse la Salita al Calvario.

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Una trasognata, magica Messina assiste, in una atmosfera di tranquilla indifferenza e inconsapevolezza, al dramma di chi voleva tentare nuove conquiste, con coraggio ma troppa presunzione. L'evento eccezionale non turba lo scorrere della vita quotidiana
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Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery is a small panel painting in grisaille (near monochrome) by the Netherlandish Renaissance printmaker and painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder. It is signed and dated 1565. (Courtauld Gallery, London)

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A ver.. pero esto que es??? 😳impresiones del Siglo XVI de Hieronymus Cock de obras de Bruegel pero atribuidas al Bosco... pero que maravilla es esta... y segun el articulo hay 13!!! https://t.co/ht0MQyunEU Es que pasan tantas cosas en cada lámina!!!

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Read about Pieter Bruegel I's vibrant depiction of John the Baptist teaching in our commentary on https://t.co/DLUUyK1uQN

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This week is a BIG WEEK for Art History in Manchester:

WEDS: Jamie Edwards on Bruegel & Politics

THURS: Jenny Uglow on Walter Crane

FRI: for Red Nose Day "The Truth about Noses!"

SAT: Queer Leonardo

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We are so excited to be testing the new Digital Microscope (VHX-6000 Series) from Keyence! This instrument produces very sharp images, allowing us to better examine and document extremely small details.

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4. The first painting is The Preaching of John the Baptist by Pieter Bruegel the Elder painted in 1566 and the second painting is a copy by his son, Pieter Brueghel the Younger, of the same image but minus the bearded man in black facing the viewer painted after 1616.

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The Census at Bethlehem (detail) (1566) from Pieter Bruegel The Elder on

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First marks of 2019...Bruegel’s studio in Brussels
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