Tuesday, April 22, 2014

PIETER BRUEGEL the Elder

The Peasant Wedding


No.10

Pieter Bruegel (Brueghel} 1525-69 was a Flemish Renaissance painter who was famous for his peasant scenes. He became known as Bruegel the Peasant because of his habit of dressing as a peasant in order to attend peasant weddings and other social occasions where he would find ideas for his paintings.

Tomorrow - Omnia Vanitas, by William Dyce

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