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Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Active from 1550/1551, died 1569

Bruegel adapted themes familiar from prints and manuscript illumination into large landscapes and crowded scenes. Bosch's combination of wit and menace was an important precedent. Bruegel developed these possibilities through human activities and the construction of populated worlds.

Works

The Harvesters — Pieter Bruegel the ElderPieter Bruegel the Elder

The Harvesters

Hunters in the Snow (Winter) — Pieter Bruegel the ElderPieter Bruegel the Elder

Hunters in the Snow (Winter)

The Tower of Babel — Pieter Bruegel the ElderPieter Bruegel the Elder

The Tower of Babel

Sources