BRUEGHEL THE ELDER, Pieter, Winter Landscape
Pieter Brueghel (1525-69), usually known as Pieter Brueghel the Elder to distinguish him from his elder son, was the first in a family of Flemish p… [Read biography »]
Pieter Brueghel the Elder (1525 - 1569), Unique Original Oil on Wood Panel, Winter Landscape  |
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| Artist: | Brueghel the Elder, Pieter (1525 - 1569), in the manner of. Wood panel dating to 18th century |
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| Title: | Winter Landscape |
| Medium: | Unique Original Oil on Wood Panel |
| Image Size: | 39 in x 36 in (99 cm x 91.4 cm) |
| Sheet Size: | 39 in x 36 in (99 cm x 91.4 cm) |
| Framed Size: | approx. 60 in x 55 in (152.4 cm x 139.7 cm) |
| Signed: | unsigned |
| Edition: | Unique original oil on wood panel dating to the 18th century |
| Condition: | This panel painting is in very good condition; expert conservation and stabilization to the separate wood panels have been conducted to ensure lasting quality. Custom framed and archivally mounted to reflect the fragility of the panels |
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| Description: | |
This unique landscape has been painted on a wood panel presumably dated to the 18th century in the manner of Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525 – 1569). The soft, muted tones of this wintery scene is reminiscent of his famous Winter Landscape with Bird Trap (1565). Painted on three, separate wood panels which have been expertly conserved and stabilized, this exquisite work is in very good, sound condition. Catalogue Raisonné & COA: 1. A Masterworks Fine Art, Inc. Certificate of Authenticity About the Framing: | |
Biography of Pieter Brueghel the Elder
Pieter Brueghel the Elder (1525 - 1569)
Pieter Brueghel (1525-69), usually known as Pieter Brueghel the Elder to distinguish him from his elder son, was the first in a family of Flemish painters. You'll often find his name spelled as Bruegel (Pieter spelled it like that from 1559 onwards) or Breugel or Breughel.
He was born in Breda in the Duchy of Brabant, which is now part of The Netherlands but back then part of the Flanders.
Note: Flanders or Vlaanderen and the Netherlands (aka known as Holland) or Nederland share the same language. It's called Flemish, or "Vlaams" in Belgium and Dutch, or "Nederlands" in The Netherlands. And the name Holland, although it's often taken to mean the whole of the Netherlands, is really part of that country only, the area of the provinces called Zuid Holland and Noord Holland (South and North Holland).
Brueghel was accepted as a master in the Antwerp painters' guild in 1551, after being an apprentice of Coecke van Aelst, a leading Antwerp artist, sculptor, architect, and designer of tapestry and stained glass. Brueghel traveled to Italy in 1551 or 1552, completing a number of paintings, mostly landscapes, there. Returning home in 1553, he settled in Antwerp but ten years later moved permanently to Brussels. He married van Aelst's daughter, Mayken, in 1563. His paintings, including his landscapes and scenes of peasant life, stress the absurd and vulgar, yet are full of zest and fine detail. They also expose human weaknesses and follies. He was sometimes called the Peasant Brueghel. But it was in nature that he found his greatest inspiration. His mountain landscapes have few parallels in European art. Popular in his own day, Bruegel engravings and paintings have remained consistently popular. Brueghel died in Brussels on Sept. 9, 1569.
