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Brueghel
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Brueghel family of painters: see Bruegel .
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Christie's, London: Old Master Pictures, 9 July 2003. (Round The Auction Houses).
; ...depicted with character and verve. The scene is rendered with the fastidious attention to narrative detail associated with the Brueghel family, and the people who populate the panel typically exude that peculiar brand of Brueghelesque humanity. The painting is expected...
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Painting from life nature's unpredictable menagerie.(ABOUT THE COVER)(Jan Brueghel's paintings depicting nature)(Cover Story)
; ...Hell Brueghel for his fiery depictions of afterlife (2). Art in the Low Countries during the 1600s was dominated by the Brueghel family, who worked in Antwerp amidst political and social change. The spread of humanism affected popular tastes, favoring mythological...
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Small matter of big bucks
; ...heroically talentless but prolific Pieter Brueghel the Younger notched up a new auction high of 3.8m. It is tempting to see these Brueghel family productions as commodities: there are so many around, and everyone can buy and sell them with the happy confidence of knowing...
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Books: A brush with history Headlong by Michael Frayn Faber & Faber, pounds 16.99, 394pp: Penelope Lively admires the art that disguises high ideas as low farce
; ...minded reader is insidious: an awful compulsion to follow up the matter oneself. A more rational response is the urge to see Bruegel paintings immediately, and an instant resort to whatever there is to hand about Netherlands history. Not all readers may react...
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Arts Guide
; ...39 sculptures to be shown in three Japanese cities. After Tokyo, and before Osaka in April, the Japanese public is able to see Bruegel's ''The Fall of Icarus,'' Jordaens's ''The King Drinks,'' works by Rubens and Van Dyck, as well as 20th-century Belgian artists...
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Small matter of big bucks.
; ...talentless but prolific Pieter Brueghel the Younger notched up a new auction high of [pound]3.8m. It is tempting to see these Brueghel family productions as commodities: there are so many around, and everyone can buy and sell them with the happy confidence of knowing...
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Brueghel, Jan
Brueghel, Jan ( b Brussels, 1568; d Antwerp, 13 Jan. 1625). Flemish painter and draughtsman, the younger son of Pieter Bruegel...were rated the finest of the day, and his virtuoso skill at depicting delicate textures earned him the nickname Velvet Brueghel. Often he collaborated with other artists (notably his ...
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Brueghel, Pieter the Younger
Brueghel, Pieter the Younger (1564/5–1637/8). Flemish painter, elder son of Pieter Bruegel . He spent his career in Antwerp...scenes, which sold well and are often of high quality, in contrast to the work of lesser copyists such as his son Pieter Brueghel III ( c. 1589– c. 1640). His other speciality ...
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Brueghel, Jan
Brueghel, Jan (1568–1625). Flemish painter and draughtsman, younger son of Pieter Bruegel . From 1590 to 1596 he worked in...finest of the day, and his virtuoso skill at depicting delicate textures earned him the nickname ‘Velvet’ Brueghel. Often he collaborated with other artists (notably his ...
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Brueghel, Pieter the Younger
Brueghel, Pieter the Younger ( b Brussels, 1564/5; d Antwerp 1637/8). Flemish painter, the elder son of Pieter Bruegel . He spent...scenes, which sold well and are often of high quality, in contrast to the work of lesser copyists such as his son Pieter Brueghel III (1589– c. 1640). His other speciality was ...
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Bruegel
Bruegel (or Brueghel, Pieter) ( c. 1525–69). Netherlandish painter, draughtsman, and...Coecke—Mayken Verhulst). Both sons spelled their surname ‘Brueghel’, retaining the letter ‘h’ that their father had...
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