Late "Gothic Art"
Baroque

Northern Renaissance 1500 to 1550 The Bruegel (or Brueghel) Family

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Pieter Bruegel the Elder

born: Breda, duchy of Brabant [now The Netherlands]; 1525
died: Brussels [now Belgium]; about 7th of September 1569

Tower of Babel

1563

1563

There is a famous picture "The Leaning Tower of Babel" which is unfortunately now lost. However the Tigertail Virtual Museum has plans to reconstruct it from notes left by an admiring patron. There are rumors that another reconstruction is running wild on the Internet.

Other paintings:

Landscape with the Fall of Icarus about 1558	Adoration of the Magi 1564	The Triumph of Death about 1562
Battle between Carnival and Lent 1559
Parable of the Blind Leading the Blind 1568 Parable of the Fishes 1556
Winter Scene		Wedding Feast

Pieter Bruegel the Younger

born: Brussels [now Belgium]; 1564
died: Antwerp [now Belgium]; 1638 

died: 1638

Drunk		Temptation
Winter Fire	Winter War	Temptation of St Anthony 1555

 Jan Brueghel, the Elder
spelled Brueghel or Breughel
Also known as the Velvet Bruegel, or the Dutch Jan Bruegel De Oudere

born: Brussels [now Belgium]; 1568
died: Antwerp [now Belgium]; 13 January 1625

Vase and Flowers		Bouquet
Animals	Sense of Hearing	Fish Market

Late "Gothic Art"
Baroque