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

Returning to his homeland, Brueghel continued to work for Jerome Cock. He was a draftsman in his shop of prints, which was called “On the four winds.” According to drawings

Folklore – one of the most important sources of creativity Brueghel. Many of his paintings and engravings are the elementary “painting” of popular proverbs, sayings, etc. Art of this kind

We have a spacious view from the hill. On the hill you can go down to the village. The road leads to the village church, a sharp spire which can

The painting “Hay mowing” from the series of landscapes “The Seasons” by artist Peter Brueghel is dedicated to the summer months of June and July. While retaining the all-encompassing nature

There are five paintings by Bruegel dedicated to the seasons, and one of them is the “Harvest” in the Metropolitan Museum. She, like the others, was commissioned by Niklas Yongelink,

Engraving of the artist Peter Bruegel “Gluttony” or “Allegory of gluttony” from the series “Defects.” Gluttony is the most “natural” of passions. Everyone can experience hunger and thirst. But with

Turning to the national tradition, to folklore and folk proverbs, Brueghel philosophically reinterprets them and, like Erasmus of Rotterdam, creates a panorama of modern society on the basis of folklore.

To the painters before Bruegel, nature seemed to last forever. Brueghel was the first to learn how to transfer the seasons and the associated changes in human life. Before us

In this picture, the artist showed a transition period from autumn to winter. In the summer the herd was grazing in the hills, and now a group of people in

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

Working on the drawings for the workshop of Coca, Bruegel did not forget about the painting. Although the paintings created by Bruegel at home, had little effect on the impressions

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

Painting “The Fall of the Rebellious Angels”. From 1561 until the end of his life, Bruegel lives in Brussels. Most of the paintings of this period were written by the

“Country lazy” – a fairytale country, is widely distributed in many fairy tales of European countries. In German fairy tales – Schlaraffenland, in literal translation, literally the country of lazy

Created in the wake of the “Times of the Year”, in 1566, the painting “Census in Bethlehem” on a well-known biblical story, meant the birth of art, whose main theme

This is the best picture from the series “Seasons”, written in oil on a wooden board – a lyrical work, subtle, penetrating. Before us – a spacious, dazzlingly beautiful landscape.

The plot of the picture “The Parable of the Blind” or “The Blind” is related to the evangelical parable of an unreasonable blind man who undertook to be a guide

Painting “Flemish proverbs” or “Dutch proverbs.” Some of the techniques of Bosch painting – a large canvas size and small – figures, countless number of stories are characteristic of the

“Wine at the Feast of St. Martin” – the largest of the currently known paintings of Peter Brueghel the Elder. The painting was written in 1565, at the moment is