Pieter Bruegel the Elder – Netherlandish Renaissance Painter

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c.1525 – 1569) was a Netherlandish Renaissance painter who was best known for his detailed landscapes and peasant scenes. He earned the nickname “Peasant Bruegel” for his alleged practice of dressing as a peasant to mingle at weddings and other community celebrations, just to gain an insight for creating details in his paintings. In his landscapes he created stories of peasants engaging in the rituals of village life including agriculture, hunts, meals, festivals, dances, and gam

Patterns Included In This Set

Fall of Icarus

Netherlandish Proverbs

The Tower of Babel

The Land of Cockaigne

The Peasant Wedding

Winter Landscape with a Bird Trap

The Hunters in the Snow

The Peasant Dance

The Harvesters

The Procession to Calvary

The Little Tower of Babel

The Adoration of Kings

The Triumph of Death

The Fight between Carnival and Lent

Children’s Games

The Return of the Herd

Beggars

Magpie on the Gallows

Portrait of an Old Woman

The Parable of the Blind Leading of the Blind

The Numbering at Bethlehem

The Fall of the Rebel Angels