Brueghel Peter

The theme of the painting is called “Inverted World”. In front of us is the square of a medieval city with a church, a tavern, houses with arched roofs. In

Painting by Peter Bruegel “Landscape with skaters and a trap for birds.” Flemish village drowned in snowdrifts. Winter graphics of trees – bright and openwork against the sky. On the

The painting is one of the sixteen canvases by Brueghel the Elder, included in the inventory of the rich Antwerp collector Niklas Yongelink, compiled in 1566. Yongelink, who repeatedly turned

1562 year. Bruegel uses this biblical story as a pretext for depicting demons and devils, whom his contemporaries considered quite real beings. Archangel Michael, depicted in the center, along with

“Allegory of Taste” is a luxurious feast for the eyes. Everything that can be thought of in the field of gastronomy: any beverages and dishes, game and fish, crayfish, lobsters

Picture “On the road to Egypt” or “Landscape with a flight to Egypt.” Life, the breath of human dwellings, the activity of people overcome thoughts about the madness of their

The painting “The Little Tower of Babel” presumably dates back to 1564. The size of the picture is 60 x 74.5 cm, wood, oil. Art historians and researchers of the

Magpie on the gallows – a picture of Peter Brueghel the Elder. Written in 1568 by oil on wood. It is kept in the museum of the land of Hesse

Among the paintings of Brueghel there is one sign that relates them to icons: the combination of temporal and spatial layers. In works like this, biblical scenes are played out

The picture also has a number of other names – “Flemish proverbs”, “The world is upside down”. The picture is a kind of encyclopedia of popular sayings of the 16th

The painting of Peter Bruegel “Carnival and Fast” has a direct relationship to the theatrical genre of farce. The essence of the plot of the picture is the confrontation between

One of the artist’s last paintings, written a year before his death. In it, as in many of his other works, Bruegel reflects on human vices and the frailty of

The picture “Suicide of Saul”, presumably, was written in Antwerp, since Peter Bruegel lived in this city from 1556 until he moved with his family to Brussels in 1563. Together

The population of the Netherlands had a high level of education. An Italian traveler even suggested that everyone could read and write. Bruegel chuckles at the zeal of his countrymen