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Breughel the Elder - Flemish painter of landscapes (1525-1569)

Breughel, Bruegel, Brueghel, Pieter Breughel, Pieter Bruegel, Pieter Brueghel, Pieter Brueghel the Elder

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Painter Pieter Breughel the Elder's interpretation of Cockaigne was a depiction of overindulgence that engaged basic needs and desires.

Will Cotton: Cockaigne

Within the tight ambit of this show we glimpse the impact of these major events obliquely, as Bosch's gleefully delirious compositions give way to the greater naturalism of Pieter Breughel the Elder and his sons (Fig.

God's own country: Emma Crichton-Miller on a fine exhibition that explores the divine content of 16th-century Flemish landscapes

These, then, create the overall feeling which we often have when watching the busy crowds in action in one of the large oil paintings by Pieter Breughel the Elder. Interesting and perhaps even amusing in their minute details, the descriptions of each performance add up to a vast tableau of various and colourful groups of characters and scenes, inviting browsing and research.

All the World's a Cage

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