[Image: Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Tower of Babel (1563), oil on wood, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, source: Wikipedia] In the gilded hall of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna is a placard pronouncing: “The world’s first monographic exhibition on Pieter Bruegel the Elder collates three quarters of all existing paintings, as well as half of the drawings and graphics.” This exhibition (KHM, 2 October 2018-13 January 2019) presents the majority of the art of Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1525/30-1569) in time for the 450th anniversary of his death. KHM is home to almost a third of Bruegel’s extant paintings, so this is the natural location for this exhibition, which will not tour.
Peerless Peasant Bruegel
Peerless Peasant Bruegel
Peerless Peasant Bruegel
[Image: Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Tower of Babel (1563), oil on wood, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, source: Wikipedia] In the gilded hall of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna is a placard pronouncing: “The world’s first monographic exhibition on Pieter Bruegel the Elder collates three quarters of all existing paintings, as well as half of the drawings and graphics.” This exhibition (KHM, 2 October 2018-13 January 2019) presents the majority of the art of Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1525/30-1569) in time for the 450th anniversary of his death. KHM is home to almost a third of Bruegel’s extant paintings, so this is the natural location for this exhibition, which will not tour.