Peter Bruegel
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
30.1 × 20.4 cm
Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of P. & D. Colnaghi Co.
Accession Number
1925.1218
Tags
male
About this artwork
Around 1600, three decades after the death of artist Pieter Bruegel (about 1525-1569), a renewed interest in his work sparked the so-called Bruegel Renaissance. Admired for his scenes of everyday life and his realistic landscapes, he was highly praised for faithfully following nature. Appropriately, the inscription on Sadeler's print is a lengthy discussion about the imitation of nature, a matter of great interest to artists at the time. Bruegel is surrounded by Minerva and Mercury (who here per...