Tag: PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER
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02 Painting, RELIGIOUS ART – Sir Peter Paul Rubens and Pieter Bruegel the elder’s Christ and the woman taken in adultery, with footnotes #189
Watched by his disciples, Christ writes on the ground that he who is free of sin should cast the first stone at an adulterous woman. This biblical story challenged hypocrisy as well as demonstrating the virtue of mercy… Please follow link for full post
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17 Engravings – Marine Art, Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s Sailing Vessels, with foot notes
Armed Three-Master on the Open Sea, accompanied by a Galley; large ship with guns at full sail in centre, seen from left; a large imperial pennant flaps from its mast; smaller galley to the left. More on this work Bruegel was born at a time of extensive change in Western Europe. Italy was at the…