Box 267
Contains 153 Results:
Landscape with Sunset, In this painting, shepherds walk with their sheep on a path along a body of water.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.1268.2; Other stamp identifier: CV Stamp; Public Notes: According to our photograph, this piece once belonged in the Chiesa collection.
Pomona, This painting depicts a market woman surrounding by baskets of fruit and vegetables.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.1269; Public Notes:
Sculptors working on a Statue of Hercules and Anateus in a Palace Courtyard, In this painting, three elegantly dressed figures watch as sculptors chisel away at statue of Hercules and Anateus. The scene takes place in a palace courtyard., 1709
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.1270; Other stamp identifier: CV Stamp; Public Notes: This piece once belonged in the Beraudière collection.
La Terre, In this painting, several figures recline in a landscape. A god watches from the clouds above.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.1271; Public Notes:
Landscape with the Tomb of Scipiones, This painting depicts a port scene with several boats on the water. On the land, peasants stand with their horses as they prepare their products for trade., c. 1605
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.1272; Public Notes:
The Virgin and Child, This painting depicts the Virgin Mary and Christ child seated in a landscape. They are surrounded by flowering trees and bushes.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.1273; Other stamp identifier: CV Stamp; Public Notes: According to the notes on our photograph, this piece once belonged in the Grimaldi collection. This book clipping was Plate 9 from the book it was taken from as indicated in the upper left corner.
Saint Hubert's Vision, This painting depicts the conversion of St. Hubert. In the center of the composition stands a large buck. To the right, St. Hubert kneels awestruck beside his horse, his hunting dogs resting around him. As the story goes, St. Hubert encountered the buck on a hunting trip and saw a cross appear between the buck's antler's just before he tried to kill him. Like in the story of St. Eustace, this lead to the saint's conversion., 1617-1620
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.1274; Other stamp identifier: CV Stamp; Public Notes: Brueghel painted the landscape and animals while Rubens painted the figure. Being the St. Hubert was from Liege, his was a popular story depicted by Flemish artists.
Landscape with Wagons, In this painting, a group of travelers in wagons are stopped and talk to men on horses. The rolling hills in the background are evidence of Brueghel's ability as a landscape painter., 1603
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.1275; Other stamp identifier: CV Stamp; Public Notes:
Wedding Banquet, In this painting, several people eat, dance, and socialize at an outdoor festival, presumably a wedding. At the right of the composition under a tree sits Brueghel's wife, Katharina. She sits holding their infant daughter Anna, while their son Ambrose sits in front of his mother., 1623
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.1276; Other stamp identifier: CV Stamp; Public Notes:
Wedding Banquet Presided Over by the Archduke and Infanta, This painting depicts a banquet following a wedding ceremony, which the Archduke Alberto de Austria and Isabel Clara Eugenia attend. The bride sits in the center of the composition under a canopy of four trees. The piece intends to show the harmonious rule of the sovereign and highlight their good relations with their subjects., c.1612
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.1277; Other stamp identifier: CV Stamp; Public Notes: This piece was first documented at Madrid's Alcazar palace in 1666. This piece is the pendant to Brueghel's Country Wedding.
Country Wedding, This painting depicts a ceremonial wedding procession moving towards a church. The groom leads the procession while the bride stands further back following the musicians., c.1612
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.1278; Other stamp identifier: CV Stamp; Public Notes: This is the pendant piece to Brueghel's 'Wedding Banquet Presided Over by the Archduke and Infanta'. Like its pendant, this piece hung in Alcazar Palace in Madrid in 1662.
Peasant Life, This is a painting depicting daily peasant life on a dairy farm. The farm house stands on the left. In the foreground, peasants milk cows, churn butter, carry milk buckets, and package butter. In background, cows graze on rolling hills., c.1621
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.1279; Other stamp identifier: CV Stamp; Public Notes: Like his father Pieter Brueghel "the Elder", Jan Brueghel frequently illustrates peasant life; however, Jan Brueghel's work typically incorporates expansive landscapes.
Country Dance before Archdukes, In this painting, village girls dance for the Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia and Archduke Alberto of Austria for a May Day celebration. The sovereign sit under a a canopy of vine-covered lattice on the right. A jury of females judge the competition at the right of the composition., 1623
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.1280; Other stamp identifier: CV Stamp; Public Notes:
Landscape with Windmills, In this painting, a large mill and several peasants with horses and wagons stand in the foregroud. The wagons carry baskets and bags of flour. The mills are aligned horizontally and carry the viewers eye back into space., 1606-1608
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.1281; Other stamp identifier: CV Stamp; Public Notes:
Moses Strikes Water from the Rock, This painting illustrates a scene from Exodus 17:1-7. The Israelites crowd Moses in the foreground and drink from bowls and pitchers., c.1610-1615
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.1282; Other stamp identifier: CV Stamp; Public Notes: According to our photograph, this piece belonged to the American Art Association in 1931.
Landscape with Huntresses, This painting depicts a group of huntresses and their kill. The women are accompanied by their hunting dogs. Rabbits, deer, and various birds lay at the right of the composition.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.1283; Other stamp identifier: CV Stamp; Public Notes: According to our photograph, this piece belonged in the American Art Association in 1931.
Saint Michael the Archangel, In this painting, Saint Michael the Archangel slays a demon. He stands with his left foot on the demon's belly and holds the demon's head with his left hand. Overhead, angels and demons battle in the sky.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.1284; Other stamp identifier: CV Stamp; Public Notes: According to our photograph, this piece once belonged in the private collection of Dr. Vitale Bloch of Berlin.
Landscape with St. John, This painting depicts St. John preaching to a crowd on an elevated, wooded landscape.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.1285; Other stamp identifier: CV Stamp; Public Notes: According to our photograph, this piece once belonged in the Museo del Prado.
Abundance and the Four Elements, In this painting, Abundance stands in the center of the composition as she is crowned by two putti overhead. She is surrounded by the four elements., 1606
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.1286; Other stamp identifier: CV Stamp; Public Notes:
Sight and Smell, In this painting, two allegorical figures Sight (on the left) and Smell (on the right) are seated at a table. Both figures allude to the sense they embody, as Smell smells of the flowers the putti nearest her holds and Sight gazes at herself in a mirror held by another putti. Other allusions to smell include the civet cat which represents a foul odor and the dog which represents a keen sense of smell. Allusions to sight are symbolized in the works of art on the walls, such as The Healing of the Blind, and are evident in the presence of the magnifying glass and telescope., c.1620
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.1287; Other stamp identifier: CV Stamp; Public Notes: Gerard Seghers, Frans Fracken, “the younger” and Joost de Momper painted many of the elements in this composition. The pendant to this piece is a painting of Hearing, Taste, and Touch that was also housed in the Alcazar Palace in 1623.
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