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Pieter Brueghel the Elder

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Pen and ink drawing of a fantastical landscape with a reclining sleeper, snails, hybrid creatures and boats by a river.

Sloth

1557

Pen drawing of a giant fish devouring smaller fish, with fishermen in boats and a distant city on the shore.

The Big Fish Eat the Little Fish

1556

Pen drawing of villagers gardening in spring, digging beds and planting, with sheep and a distant town under trees.

Spring

1565

Pen drawing of the Last Judgment: enthroned Christ, trumpeting angels, a monster devouring people, and crowds below.

Pieter Bruegel (I), The Last Judgment, drawing in the Albertina

1558

The Painter and The Buyer

1566

Brown ink drawing of a village square where crowds of beggars receive bread and drink, dated 1559.

The Seven Virtues 3 Charity

1559

Pen drawing by Brueghel, 1559: a robed figure labeled Justicia amid guards and a crowd, with executions and gallows in the ba

Justicia by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

1559

Pen and ink drawing of nude figures and grotesque demons in a fantastical landscape, titled Luxuria, by Bruegel, 1557.

Luxuria by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

1557

Pen drawing of a battle around a walled fortress, with a winged figure standing beside a column in the foreground.

Fortitude

1560

Pen and brown ink drawing by Brueghel showing a central allegorical woman with a ladder amid crowds, choir, organ, and worksh

Temperance

1560

Brown ink and wash drawing of a curved bay, a walled town under smoke, mountains, a boat and two figures on a rock.

View of Reggio Calabria on the Strait of Messina

1500

Pen drawing of a river valley with rocky mountains, three travelers in the foreground, grazing sheep, and a church tower.

Mountain Landscape with the Journey to Emmaus

Pen drawing of a valley with pine trees on the right, a mule caravan in the foreground and a distant village.

Mountain Landscape with a Mule Caravan

1552

Pen and ink landscape drawing with a large tree in the foreground, a walled town and rolling hills beyond.

Landscape with the Penitence of Saint Jerome

1553

Pen and brown ink drawing of peasants and cattle in a wooded landscape beside a thatched farmhouse and windmill.

Peasants and Cattle near a Farmhouse

1553

Pen drawing of hooded figures tending beehives and baskets while another climbs a tree, with a village in the background.

The Beekeepers and the Birdnester

1568

Pen and brown wash drawing of a hilly landscape with convent buildings in the valley, framed by trees in the foreground.

Southern hilly landscape with convent buildings

1552

Pen drawing of an allegorical scene with a woman holding a mirror beside a peacock, surrounded by grotesque figures and fanta

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Superbia, 1557, collection Fondation Custodia, inv. 465

1557

Pen and ink drawing of an allegorical scene with a woman among coins, grotesque creatures and a burning village, by Brueghel,

Avarice by Pieter Bruegel the Elder 1556

1556

Pen drawing by Brueghel of grotesque figures feasting and drinking among barrels, trees and a distant burning town.

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Gula, 1557, collection Fondation Custodia, inv. 466

1557

Pen and ink drawing of a flood with a sinking boat, drowning people, a fish, and a tower with prisoners behind bars.

Pieter Bruegel (der Ältere) - Spes, KdZ 715

Brown ink drawing of a large gnarled tree beside a brook, with a fisherman, a watermill and a distant village.

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Brook with a fisherman and a watermill, c.1554

1554

Pen drawing of a church interior with an allegorical figure of Faith before a crowd, a ladder, a cross and a pulpit.

Faith

1559