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Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1563, oil on canvas.

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@Oh for the love of Art!

Wed, 09 Nov 2016 14:55:16

Here’s a little Friday morning personal inspiration with a snippet of The Triumph of Death by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, c. 1562. In this oil panel painting, Bruegel combines visual elements of Northern woodcuts of the Dance of Death, as well as concepts and styles seen in the the Italian fresco The Triumph of Death from Palermo. I love Northern Renaissance paintings and pieces with tons of strange little scenes and hidden symbolism. I also just love armies of skeletons. ☠⚔

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@DANA GLOVER

Fri, 29 Jul 2016 13:15:05

Pieter Bruegel the Elder - Two chained monkeys

1562

oil on oak

Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

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@Flemish garden

Sun, 18 Jun 2017 08:30:18

beautiful-belgium:

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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