#flemish renaissance
Pieter Bruegel the Elder - The Magpie on the Gallows (1568)
“Bruegel’s painting was created the year after Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba, arrived in the Netherlands, sent by the Spanish king, Philip II to suppress the Dutch Revolt. The gallows may represent the threat of execution of those preaching the new Protestant doctrine, and the painting may allude to several Netherlandish proverbs. There is a direct allusion to the Netherlandish proverbs of dancing or shitting on the gallows, meaning a mocking of the state. It also alludes to the belief that magpies are gossips, and that gossip leads to hangings. And that the way to the gallows leads through pleasant meadows. It is not known why or for whom the picture was painted. Its date of 1568 makes this painting one of Bruegel’s last works before his death in 1569; indeed, perhaps his final work. Bruegel asked his wife to burn some of his pictures on his death, but told her to keep the Magpie on the Gallows for herself.”
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EYCK, Jan van
Small Triptych (central panel)
c. 1437
Oil on oak, 27,5 x 21,5 cm
Gemäldegalerie, Dresden
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NERDANEL Flemish Painters
There she is!! It’s been ages since I drew her ^^ this time tho, she’s in the clothes of Isabella van Bourbon (1436-1465). The painting of her I chose has no known painter, but it’s been guessed to have come from the Flemish school! It took me ages to draw the hair so I’m going let my hand rest now for a bit ^^
Pieter Bruegel the Elder,De bruiloft dans (The Wedding Dance)
c.1566, oil on panel, 119.4 × 157.5 cm, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit
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Still life of lemon and pomegranate on table-top - Jabob van Hulsdonck (1582-1647) - Private Collection
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