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| Artist: | Brueghel the Elder, Pieter (1525 - 1569) |
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| Title: | Large Alpine Landscape, c. 1555-56 |
| Medium: | Original Engraving |
| Image Size: | 18 3/8 in x 14 1/2 in (46.8 cm x 36.8 cm) |
| Sheet Size: | 18 3/8 in x 14 1/2 in (46.8 cm x 36.8 cm) |
| Framed Size: | 35 in x 31 1/8 in (88.9 cm x 79.1 cm) |
| Signed: | The signature of Bruegel (Breda, 1525 - Brussels, 1569) is inscribed in the lower right: 'BRVEGHEL INVE| H. cock excudeb.' |
| Edition: | Engraved under Brueghels direction by Jan and Lucas van Duetecum. |
| Condition: | This work is in excellent condition - a bold impression. |
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Offering a scenic view of the Alpine landscape, this work was likely based on a drawing that Brueghel made while traveling through the Alps. We witness majestic mountains dotted with trees and wildlife spanning over a great distance. Noteworthy is the figure on horseback to the right, who perhaps represents Brueghel as traveler, gazing out on the vast scenery before him. |
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| Historical Description: | |
| Originally engraved in c. 1555-56, this exquisite landscape print was engraved
under Brueghels (Breda, 1525 - Brussels, 1569) direction by Jan and Lucas van Duetecum. Inscribed in the lower
right: 'BRVEGHEL INVE| H. cock excudeb.'
According to N. Orenstein (2001), "A majestic Alpine landscape unfolds, dotted with towns, trees, animals, and a few travelers. On the right a man on horseback pauses to view the scene along with us… In The Large Alpine Landscape we are immediately confronted by the face of a steep ridge, the top of which serves as a path down the mountain. The powerful presence of the scene and its departure from traditional compositional formulas tell us that if any of Bruegel's landscape prints were taken from drawing he made on his journey through the Alps, it would have to be this one" (p. 136). Documented and Illustrated in: About the Framing: | |
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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 prints have remained consistently popular. Pieter Brueghel the Elder died in Brussels on Sept. 9, 1569.
