#16th-century Flemish art

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#FineArtFriday: allegory and symbolism in "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 and is a favorite of mine because of…

[lionofchaeronea]

The Earth, Maerten de Vos (1532-1603)

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Mary Magdalene, 1530-1535 Flemish School

[oncanvas]

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

[heritagebrowser]

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.

[classic-art-favourites]

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

[mythological-art]

Odysseus and Circe

Artist: Bartholomäus Spranger (Flemish, 1546-1611)

Date: 1586-1587

Medium: Oil

Collection: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Description

Odysseus travels to Circe's island, where he is warned by Hermes about Circe's magic and given an herb to protect himself. Odysseus ends up sleeping with Circe instead of being enchanted by her. Circe's advice.

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Virgin saints, by an artist from the workshop of Master of the First Prayer Book of Maximilian (Flemish, active about 1475 - 1515), c. 1510-1520

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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…

[lionofchaeronea]

Title: The Mourning Mary Magdalene Artist: perhaps Colijn de Coter (Flemish, ca. 1440/45 - ca. 1522/32) -- attribution contested Date: ca. 1500 Genre: religious art Period: Early Netherlandish Medium: oil on panel Dimensions: 112.3 cm (44.2 in) high x 55.3 cm (21.7 in) wide Location: Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary

[oldpaintings]

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

[collectionstilllife]

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

[somethingwithmoles]

Denis van Alsloot (1570-1628), Masquerade on Ice, oil on oak wood, 54x80.05cm, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Staatsgalerie Neuburg an der Donau