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The Tower of Babel Pieter Bruegel The Elder

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Pieter Bruegel The Elder - The Tower of Babel

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The Tower of Babel Pieter Bruegel The Elder

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Wood

“[…] Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven;and let us make us a name […]. And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower […]. And he said: […] let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one nother’s speech. […] and they ...

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$Pieter Bruegel The Elder - The \Little\-- Tower of Babel--$ The \Little\'' Tower of Babel''Pieter Bruegel The Elder

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (Rotterdam, Netherlands)

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The 'Little' Tower of Babel, c. 1563, is in the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam. They depict the construction of the Tower of Babel, which according to the Book of Genesis in the Bible was a tower built by a unified, mono-lingual humanity as a mark of their achievement. Bruegel's depictio...

The Tower of Babel Pieter Bruegel The Elder

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Oil On Canvas

Buildings

A Masterpiece of Netherlandish Renaissance Art

Pieter Bruegel the Elder's The Tower o...

The Harvesters Pieter Bruegel The Elder

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Pieter Bruegel The Elder - The Harvesters

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, United States)

The Peasant and the Birdnester Pieter Bruegel The Elder

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Pieter Bruegel The Elder - The Peasant and the Birdnester

Peasants

The Fight between Carnival and Lent (detail)Pieter Bruegel The Elder

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Pieter Bruegel The Elder - The Fight between Carnival and Lent (detail)

Wars

Christ Carrying the Cross Pieter Bruegel The Elder

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Pieter Bruegel The Elder - Christ Carrying the Cross

Christianity
Religious

Introduction to the Painting

Christ Carrying the Cross is an oil-on-panel painting by the Netherlandish Renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Painted in 1564, this masterp...

Children's Games Pieter Bruegel The Elder

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Pieter Bruegel The Elder - Children-s Games

Children

Are you looking for a captivating piece of art that showcases the innocence and joy of childhood? Look no further than Pieter Bruegel the Elder's 'Children...

Netherlandish Proverbs (detail)Pieter Bruegel The Elder

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Pieter Bruegel The Elder - Netherlandish Proverbs (detail)

Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Germany)

Haymaking (July)Pieter Bruegel The Elder

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Pieter Bruegel The Elder - Haymaking (July)

National Gallery (Prague, Czech Republic)

The Fair at Hoboken Pieter Bruegel The Elder

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Pieter Bruegel The Elder - The Fair at Hoboken

Ink

Cottages

Courtauld Institute Galleries (London, United Kingdom)

The Triumph of Death Pieter Bruegel The Elder

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Pieter Bruegel The Elder - The Triumph of Death

Religious
Birth And Death
Hell

A Panoramic Landscape of Death

Pieter Bruegel the Elder's The Triumph of Death...

Museo del Prado (Madrid, Spain)

Summer Pieter Bruegel The Elder

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Ink	Fields Handwork Harvesting

The Sermon of St. John the Baptist Pieter Bruegel The Elder

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Pieter Bruegel The Elder - The Sermon of St. John the Baptist

Oil On Canvas

Religious
Saints

A Masterpiece of Renaissance Art in Budapest, Hungary

Discover one of Pieter Bruegel the Elder's most renowned masterpieces, The Sermon of St. John the Baptist, at the Mu...

Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest, Hungary)

Landscape with the Fall of Icarus Pieter Bruegel The Elder

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Pieter Bruegel The Elder - Landscape with the Fall of Icarus

Oil On Canvas

Landscape

Musee Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique (Belgium)

Haymaking Pieter Bruegel The Elder

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Cottages
Mountains

Introduction to Pieter Bruegel the Elder and his Artwork

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, a pivotal figure in Renaissance painting, was renowned for his landscapes and peasant scenes. His work, which often portrayed genre scenes in large formats, was influential in shaping Dutch Golden Age paintin...

The Return of the Herd (Autumn)Pieter Bruegel The Elder

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Pieter Bruegel The Elder - The Return of the Herd (Autumn)

Animals
Autumn
Mountains
Rivers

Landscape with Christ Appearing to the Apostles at the Sea of Tiberias Pieter Bruegel The Elder

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Pieter Bruegel The Elder - Landscape with Christ Appearing to the Apostles at the Sea of Tiberias

Hunt in Honour of Charles V at the Castle of Torgau Lucas Cranach The Elder

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Lucas Cranach The Elder - Hunt in Honour of Charles V at the Castle of Torgau

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Hunting

Lucas Cranach and his workshop painted several versions of this subject. This painting is highly characteristic of the style of Lucas Cranach. The painting (114 x 175 cm) is in the Museo del Prado, Madrid.

Museo del Prado (Spain)