#16th-century Flemish art

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#FineArtFriday: Hunters in the Snow by Pieter Brueghel the Elder 1565

Artist: Pieter Brueghel the Elder (1526/1530–1569) Title: English: Hunters in the Snow (German: Jäger im Schnee) (Winter) Date: 1565 Medium: oil on oak wood Dimensions: height: 1,170 mm (46.06 in); width: 1,620 mm (63.77 in) Collection: Kunsthistorisches Museum What I love about this painting: This is one of Pieter Brueghel the Elder’s most famous paintings. Even if one doesn’t know who…

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The Earth, Maerten de Vos (1532-1603)

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Mary Magdalene, 1530-1535 Flemish School

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The Lady and the Unicorn, Flanders, circa 1500

Tapestry 142 x 248 cm (55.91 x 97.64 in.)

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manuscript and calligraphy, Joris Hoefnagel Flemish (1542-1600)

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A Butchered Ox, by Frans Snyders (1579-1657)

Collecion of Burghley House Preservation Trust Limited

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Details of architectural elements of late 15th and early 16th century flemish paintings (that were on display in museum Hof van Busleyden in Mechelen, Belgium)

The fantastical architecture blending flemish, brabantine and some northern italian features. A place where the late medieval flemish traditions and italian renaissance features meet.

As typical for flemish art; the details and backgrounds are as interesting as the subjects on the foreground.

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Rest on the Flight into Egypt by Joachim Patinir, 1518-1520.

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Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalen as a Gardener, 1507 by Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen (Flemish, 1470–1533)

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Joris Hoefnagel (Flemish, 1542-1601) • Still Life with Flowers, a Snail and Insects • 1589

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#FineArtFriday: Autumn Landscape (September) by Lucas van Valckenborch

Artist: Lucas van Valckenborch  (1535–1597) Title: Autumn Landscape (September) Date: 1585 Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: 116 x 198 cm Rahmenmaße: 131,5 x 214 x 6,5 cm Collection: Kunsthistorisches Museum What I love about this painting: We see an entire view of ordinary autumn life in the 16th century, but better than that, Lucas van Valckenborch shows us the passage of time. He depicts the…

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The Annunciation, Juan de Flandes (1450-1519)

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Flemish School St. Christopher carrying the Christ Child

Oil on panel, 30 x 39 cm, 16th century

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The Le Cellier altarpiece by Jehan, aka Jean, Bellegambe 1509

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For #FrogFriday + #DragonflyWeek:

Joris Hoefnagel (Flemish, 1542-1600) & Georg Bocskay (Hungarian, d.1575)

Common Pear, Lake Demoiselle, Moor Frog, and Hyacinth: Mira calligraphiae monumenta, Ms. 20 (86_MV_527), fol. 75

1561–1562; illumination added 1591–1596

Watercolors, gold & silver paint, ink

16.6 × 12.4 cm (6 9/16 × 4 7/8 in.)

Getty Museum collection