Pieter Bruegel became famous for his painted landscapes, and for his interiors on themes traditionally associated with engravings and manuscript illuminations which, like his Biblical narratives, are crowded with anecdotal detail.
The Gallery's work is an uncharacteristic upright panel. It clearly shows the influence of the wit and menace of Bruegel's predecessor Bosch.
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
active 1550/1; died 1569
Paintings by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The Virgin sits in front of a dilapidated stable with the naked Christ Child on her knee. Three men offer golden gifts – this is the Adoration of the Kings, a biblical episode imagined as a contemporary event. It’s a chilly winter day: Mary’s dress has fur-lined sleeves and Joseph has a thick-bel...
Imitator of Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Although at first sight a calm pastoral scene, this picture is full of activity. A river winds through a rocky landscape, seemingly flowing from the background into the foreground. The serpentine shape in the water on the left is apparently a raft of logs being floated downstream from the forests...
Not on display