Graphic Worlds of Peter Bruegel the ElderH. Arthur Klein Renowned for his effervescent and rollicking paintings of Flemish life, Peter Bruegel the Elder also holds a place among the world's finest engraving designers. This collection contains 64 of his engravings plus a woodcut, arranged in two parts. The first depicts the outer world of nature and man, including landscapes, ships and the sea, and memorable portraits of sixteenth-century Flanders citizens, from aristocrats and burghers to villagers and peasants. The second part envisions the inner worlds of imagination, morality, and religion with scenes from the Gospels and Apocrypha. In addition, the book offers cogent and stimulating commentaries by H. Arthur Klein that provide details of Bruegel's life and influences as well as his techniques. Many of these prints served as models for subsequent Bruegel canvases, and each image is accompanied by an essay that places it within its historical context. A unique survey of the best and most magical work of one of history's greatest printmakers, this volume offers a prized addition to the collections of all connoisseurs, especially those interested in the art of engraving. |
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... Jerome, Mary Magdalene, etc. And among Patinir's surviving paintings we may note parallel subjects. One of his St. Jerome ... Cock, Tolnay labels his landscape as “the Utopian world-home for poetic gratification”; and refers to both this Cock ...
... Jerome, Mary Magdalene, etc. And among Patinir's surviving paintings we may note parallel subjects. One of his St. Jerome ... Cock, Tolnay labels his landscape as “the Utopian world-home for poetic gratification”; and refers to both this Cock ...
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... Jerome Cock, was most likely also their engraver. This imposing, detailed, and eventful engraving is the only one of the twelve for which one of Bruegel's original drawings survives ——in this case at the Louvre, Paris. It is reproduced ...
... Jerome Cock, was most likely also their engraver. This imposing, detailed, and eventful engraving is the only one of the twelve for which one of Bruegel's original drawings survives ——in this case at the Louvre, Paris. It is reproduced ...
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... Jerome—“Hieronymus” in the Latin form. Apparently engrossed in a book, he ... Jerome in His Study” (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) shows a similar lion ... Cock, artist-turned-publisher, who probably engraved this copperplate and ...
... Jerome—“Hieronymus” in the Latin form. Apparently engrossed in a book, he ... Jerome in His Study” (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) shows a similar lion ... Cock, artist-turned-publisher, who probably engraved this copperplate and ...
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... Jerome (in the preceding print). In the sky above the hill (at right, top) the Mother of Jesus hovers in a radiance. She ... Cock published it. According to Tolnay, this engraving combines elements from at least two surviving Bruegel ...
... Jerome (in the preceding print). In the sky above the hill (at right, top) the Mother of Jesus hovers in a radiance. She ... Cock published it. According to Tolnay, this engraving combines elements from at least two surviving Bruegel ...
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... Jerome Cock as the draftsman of the working drawing underlying that (B. I 5) engraving. Another possibility is Hans Bols, who was closely associated with Cock. Plate 7 is reproduced by permission of Mr. and Mrs. Jake Zeitlin, Los ...
... Jerome Cock as the draftsman of the working drawing underlying that (B. I 5) engraving. Another possibility is Hans Bols, who was closely associated with Cock. Plate 7 is reproduced by permission of Mr. and Mrs. Jake Zeitlin, Los ...
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Adriaan Barnouw allegorical figure Angeles Antwerp appears artist Avarice bagpipe Bastelaer birds boat Bosch Boymans Museum Bruegel originals Bruegel prints Bruegel the Elder Bruegel’s death Brussels carrack castle church corner dated demon Ebria Feinblatt Engraved by vdH engraver’s face farther figure filled find fine fire first fish five Flemish floats fly foreground Fortitude Fritz Grossmann galleon galley Golden Legend graphic grisaille hand head Heyden horizon human identified Jake Zeitlin Jerome Bosch Jerome Cock Jesus Kunsthistorisches Museum landscape Latin caption lechery looking lower left lower right man’s mast monster Mopsus mountain naked Netherlands one’s original drawing painting peasant Peter Bruegel Philippe Galle picture plate poop deck probably publisher reproduced by permission sails Saint scene scholar seems seen seven seven Virtues ship shows significant sinners Sins stands Stridbeck subjects suggested surviving symbol Tolnay Translation of Latin tree vessels Vienna Virtues warship woman