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In this work, the painter depicts a landscape with compositional and stylistic characteristics that allows its association with two small panels, The Sacrifice of Abraham (Musée d’Art et d’Hist [+]
Jan Brueghel el Viejo fue uno de los creadores de la pintura de gabinete, que comienza a consolidarse como tal en el siglo XVII. Magnífico pintor de paisajes, se especializó también en la representaci [+]
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The inclusion of insects in floral still lifes gave them a powerful sense of reality and lifelikeness. Here Brueghel also included a frog and an object that may be an egg or possibly a bezoar, a concr [+]
A plate with corners resting on a blue cloth bears roses and other flowers. This late work shows the clear influence of Daniel Seghers. [+]
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Tres rosas y cinco tulipanes se combinan con florecillas de Narcissus tazetta y Myosotis scorpioides; una coccinela, una mariposa, un insecto y un gusano dan vida a este conjunto que repite, con varia [+]
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This forest corresponds to one of the typologies pioneered by Jan Brueghel the Elder around 1605, which he developed over the course of that decade. The painting depicts a well-travelled path through [+]
Highwaymen seem to have stopped a wagon with travelers in the midst of a barren landscape. More wagons and travelers on foot appear along the trail in the background. This work is difficult to interpr [+]
In this painting, Ceres, goddess of agriculture and fertility, is surrounded by fruits and flowers, pictured as the personification of Abundance holding the horn of plenty in her hands. The history of [+]
Surrounded by courtesans and hunting servants, the governors of the Spanish Low Countries, Archduke Alberto and Archduchess Isabel, rest in the shade of a large poplar tree during one of their hunts. [+]
A wedding procession moves towards the church in a rural setting. The male members of both families lead the procession, headed by the groom. The flower in his hand is clearly a symbol of matrimony. T [+]
This panel depicts a bouquet of tulips, roses and irises in a small porcelain vase. On the table is an insect, a sprig of leaves and more flowers. The blue and white porcelain vase is from Jingdezhen [+]
Abundance, personified by Ceres, goddess of fertility and agriculture, sits in front of a thicket of reeds at the edge of a forest. She has adorned her hair with wheat spikes -her attribute- and bears [+]
Alberto de Austria, the sovereign prince of the Low Countries, is dressed in black and sits under a canopy indicating that this is a court portrait. Unlike the customary indoor portraits, this one is [+]
