Old woman, 1590, by Ludovico Carracci. Haunting image.

Portret van een vrouw. Buste, driekwart naar links. Tegen een achtergrond van bomen. Pendant van SK-A-2107. Oorspronkelijk in betimmering BK-BFR-365-A,B.

Portrait of a woman
https://botfrens.com/collections/216/contents/1005879

Rogers Fund, 1919

The Harvesters https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/435809

Akten des Vogelsangs!

Two Monkeys

Two Monkeys www.wikiart.org/en/pieter-bruegel-the-el...

The Fat Kitchen

The Fat Kitchen www.wikiart.org/en/pieter-bruegel-the-el...

Parable of the Blind

Parable of the Blind www.wikiart.org/en/pieter-bruegel-the-el...

Walter Faber

Ali Smith: ‘Henry James had me running down the garden path shouting out loud’ The Scottish author on a masterclass from Toni Morrison, the brilliance of Simone de Beauvoir and the trim novel by Tove Jansson containing everything that really matters

Ali Smith: ‘Henry James had me running down the garden path shouting out loud’

Big fishes eat small fishes

Big fishes eat small fishes www.wikiart.org/en/pieter-bruegel-the-el...

2/2 Older & wiser: miniature self-portrait of the great Giulio Clovio, with his genius whispering behind him, in 1573.

The Painter and the Art Lover

The Painter and the Art Lover www.wikiart.org/en/pieter-bruegel-the-el...

The Procession to Calvary

The Procession to Calvary www.wikiart.org/en/pieter-bruegel-the-el...

The Fall of Icarus. Here, everybody stops to watch -“these must be Gods!”- as Ovid says. Not like Bruegel’s revision! By Hans Bol, born OTD 1534.

View of Tivoli

View of Tivoli www.wikiart.org/en/pieter-bruegel-the-el...

female martyr (saint wilgefortis), ca. 1400-1450
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museum hof van busleyden, mechelen

Parable of the Sower

Parable of the Sower www.wikiart.org/en/pieter-bruegel-the-el...

Silberpokal mit eingefasster Kokosnuss, im Hintergrund ein großer Wandteppich mit einer Seeschlacht

pokal mit einer in silber eingefassten kokosnuss. 1. hälfte 16. jh. südliche niederlande.
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zu sehen im museum Hof van Busleyden in Mecheln.

#OTD in 1530, Margaret, Regent of the Habsburg Netherlands, died at her grand Renaissance palace in Mechelen. She was a formidable woman who turned her court into one of Europe’s premier artistic, humanist and diplomatic hotspots.

Turkish tent captured by Polish forces during the Battle of Vienna Created c. 1683, made of linen and cotton, richly decorated

Netherlandish Proverbs

Netherlandish Proverbs www.wikiart.org/en/pieter-bruegel-the-el...

2/2 Sofonisba Anguissola's portrait of miniaturist Giulio Clovio,. In his hand, he's holding a small portrait. Is it of Sofonisba? You have to admit, it's pretty cool! Today is her day.

Died (alas!) on this day in 1625, the remarkable painter Sofonisba Anguissola. Here, self portrait as a young woman, showing off her talents in 1556.

Misanthrope

Misanthrope www.wikiart.org/en/pieter-bruegel-the-el...

cover of the book “grand design. pieter coecke van aelst and renaissance tapestry”, showing a detail of eve hiding from god after the fall”

immer freue ich mich, wenn es so gute kataloge gibt. die wandteppiche u andere werke von pieter coecke van aelst.
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suche buchtipps, auch zu künstlerreisen im 16. jh.

Naval battle in the Gulf of Naples

Naval battle in the Gulf of Naples www.wikiart.org/en/pieter-bruegel-the-el...

The Sermon of St. John the Baptist

The Sermon of St. John the Baptist www.wikiart.org/en/pieter-bruegel-the-el...

Panel of wood (probably pine) with polychrome decoration in tempera, including an elephant
Spain, c. 1400