Pieter Bruegel, I
Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:
Christ on the Road to Calvary, This painting depicts Christ carrying the cross on the road to Calvary. Christ stands in the center in the foreground of the composition. The crowd walks up a winding path to a hill topped with wooden crosses and skeletons scattered on the ground. The Virgin Mary weeps at the right of the composition., 1599
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.1322; Other stamp identifier: CV Stamp; Public Notes: Another version of this piece (dated 1602) may exist at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp.
Combat between Carnival and Lent, An illustration of the combat between the allegorical figures of Carnival and Lent.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.0057; Public Notes:
Lanscape, In this painting a peasant plants seeds in the foreground of an expansive landscape.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.1309; Other stamp identifier: CV Stamp; Public Notes: According to our photograph, this piece once belonged in the collection of Stuyck de Bruyere.
Peasants in an interior setting, This painting depicts an interior view with peasants.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.1327; Other stamp identifier: CV Stamp; Public Notes: This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending. For assistance, please e-mail us at specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu.
The Adoration of the Kings, This painting depicts the Adoration of Magi. The Virgin Mary and Christ child are seated in the center of the composition, surrounded by the kings who have come to visit the child. The kings present Christ with gifts as onlookers watch from the background., 1564
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.1304; Other stamp identifier: CV Stamp; Public Notes:
The Delights of the World of Mary Magdalen (detail), This depicts a segment of Bruegel's painting The Delights of the World of Mary Magdalen. In this portion, musicians play various instruments.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.1326; Other stamp identifier: CV Stamp; Public Notes: This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending. For assistance, please e-mail us at specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu.
The Delights of the World of Mary Magdalen (detail), This depicts the left half of Bruegel's painting The Delights of the World of Mary Magdalen. In this portion, men and women dance.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.1325.1; Other stamp identifier: CV Stamp; Public Notes: This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending. For assistance, please e-mail us at specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu.
The Delights of the World of Mary Magdalen (detail), This depicts the right half of Bruegel's painting The Delights of the World of Mary Magdalen. In this portion, a couple embraces on the banks of a river.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.1325.2; Other stamp identifier: CV Stamp; Public Notes: This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending. For assistance, please e-mail us at specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu.
The Fall of Icarus, This is a painting depicting the fall of Icarus. In the foreground, a farmer plows his land on a hillside. In the bottom right of the composition, we see that Icarus has fallen in the water and is drowning, as a result of not heeding his father's warning.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.1318; Other stamp identifier: CV Stamp; Public Notes: This piece was purchased from the Sackville Gallery in London in 1912.
The Land of Cockaigne, A painting of the Land of Cockaigne, the mythical land of plenty.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.MISC.0175; Public Notes: This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending. For assistance, please e-mail us at specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu.
The Land of Cockaigne, A painting of the Land of Cockaigne, the mythical land of plenty.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.MISC.0175; Public Notes: This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending. For assistance, please e-mail us at specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu.
The Shepherd, In this painting, a shepherd looks over his shoulder at his sheep that follow behind him. It appears that one of his sheep is being attacked.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.1317; Other stamp identifier: CV Stamp; Public Notes: This piece once belonged in the Grimaldi collection.
The Temptation of Saint Anthony (detail), This is a detail image depicting the temptation of Saint Anthony. In this excerpt of the painting, demons fly overhead., 1550-1575
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.1313; Original stamp identifier: K-1701; Other stamp identifier: Kress Collection; CV Stamp; Public Notes: Unlike other depictions of this theme, Pieter Brueghel's landscape is a dominate component of the work, which contributes to the popularization of the landscape genre.
The Temptation of Saint Anthony (detail), This is a detail image depicting the temptation of Saint Anthony. Saint Anthony resists temptation sitting in his small shed. Demons surround him., 1550-1575
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.1312; Original stamp identifier: K-1701; Other stamp identifier: Kress Collection; CV Stamp; Public Notes: Unlike other depictions of this theme, Pieter Brueghel's landscape is a dominate component of the work, which contributes to the popularization of the landscape genre.
The Temptation of Saint Anthony, This painting depicts the temptation of Saint Anthony. Saint Anthony appears twice in this work. On the right of the composition, the saint resists temptation. As a result, at the left of the composition, Saint Anthony is shown being physically tortured. Demons fly overhead. Unlike other depictions of this theme, Pieter Brueghel's landscape is a dominate component of the work, 1550-1575
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.1297; Original stamp identifier: K-1701; Other stamp identifier: Kress Collection; CV Stamp; Public Notes: Unlike other depictions of this theme, Pieter Brueghel's landscape is a dominate component of the work, which contributes to the popularization of the landscape genre.
The Temptation of Saint Anthony, This painting depicts the temptation of Saint Anthony. Saint Anthony appears twice in this work. On the right of the composition, the saint resists temptation. As a result, at the left of the composition, Saint Anthony is shown being physically tortured. Demons fly overhead. Unlike other depictions of this theme, Pieter Brueghel's landscape is a dominate component of the work, 1550-1575
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.1311; Original stamp identifier: K-1701; Other stamp identifier: Kress Collection; CV Stamp; Public Notes: Unlike other depictions of this theme, Pieter Brueghel's landscape is a dominate component of the work, which contributes to the popularization of the landscape genre.
The Triumph of Death (detail), This piece is a detail image of the Triumph of Death. In the upper left corner, Death leads his army of skeletons as he rides horseback on his reddish horse to defeat the living. The scene is a moral one intended to show the triumph of death over the mundane things in life. In the upper right corner, the living are escorted into a large coffin., c.1562
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.1310; Other stamp identifier: CV Stamp; Public Notes: This piece was at the La Granja Palace in 1745.
The Wedding Dance, Peasants dance in celebration of a wedding. Musicians stand at the right of the composition., c.1566
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.1308; Other stamp identifier: CV Stamp; Public Notes: Our photograph shows the painting when it belonged in the Spiridon collection with over painting, prior to its restoration.
Unknown, In this painting, a unknown figure lies on the ground of a rocky landscape as he is trampled by demons. Another figure approaches from the right carrying a man with his skull exposed on his back.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.1324; Other stamp identifier: CV Stamp; Public Notes: This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending. For assistance, please e-mail us at specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu. According to the notes on our photograph, this piece once belonged to the Grimaldi collection.
Unknown, This piece depicts two men playing instruments. The man on the right plays a flute while the man on the left plays a large drum.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.1334; Public Notes: According to the notes on the back of our photograph, this piece was sold at Christie's on 26-6-64.
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