Graphics
by Pieter BRUEGEL the Elder

During his journey abroad in 1552-54 Bruegel produced an extensive series of drawings of the Alps which later formed the basis a number of elaborate landscape designs engraved by other artists. On his return to Flanders from his journey abroad, Bruegel began to work for the Antwerp engraver and print-seller Hieronymus Cock. In addition to use Bruegel's landscape drawings for engravings, Cock soon employed Bruegel on figure compositions as well. For the rest of his life Bruegel was active as both a painter and designer of prints, and the two activities were closely linked. His contemporary reputation and presumably much of his income depended on the designs he made for professionally engraved and widely circulated prints of landscapes and various themes of a religious or allegorical nature.

Preview Picture Data File Info Comment
The Ass in the School
1556
Pen and Indian ink, 232 x 302 mm
Staatliche Museen, Berlin

1029*800
True Color
200 Kb



The Fair at Hoboken
1559
Pen and Indian ink, 265 x 394 mm
Courtauld Gallery, London

1050*701
True Color
162 Kb



The Beekeepers and the Birdnester
c. 1568
Pen and Indian ink, 203 x 309 mm
Staatliche Museen, Berlin

1138*768
True Color
176 Kb



Summer
1568
Pen and Indian ink, 220 x 286 mm
Kunsthalle, Hamburg

1002*770
True Color
150 Kb



Landscape of the Alps
-
Pen and sepia ink
Musée du Louvre, Paris

800*536
True Color
148 Kb



Solicitudo Rustica (Country Concerns)
1552-54
Pen and brown ink over black chalk, 244 x 352 mm
British Museum, London

1030*694
Grayscale
165 Kb



Seascape with a View of Antwerp
-
Pen and ink, 203 x 298 mm
Courtauld Gallery, London

939*650
Grayscale
100 Kb



The Painter and the Buyer
c. 1565
Pen and black ink on brown paper, 255 x 215 mm
Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna

1121*1300
True Color
227 Kb



Standing Gooseherder
c. 1565
Pen and ink, 245 x 149 mm
Kupferstichkabinett, Dresden

519*850
True Color
81 Kb



The Hare Hunt
1560
Etching and engraving, 223 x 291 mm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

900*665
True Color
172 Kb



Large Landscape with Trees and a Church
1554
Pen, red-brown ink, 333 x 466 mm
Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest

1100*781
True Color
240 Kb



The Alchemist
-
Engraving, 343 x 448 mm
British Museum, London

1151*770
Grayscale
179 Kb



St James the Greater at Hermogenes
1565
Engraving, 222 x 290 mm
Bibliothčque Nationale, Paris

1186*900
Grayscale
174 Kb



Big Fishes Eat Little Fishes
c. 1556
Engraving, 229 x 298 mm
British Museum, London

1089*770
Grayscale
177 Kb



Big Fishes Eat Little Fishes
1556
Pen drawing
Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna

700*488
Grayscale
129 Kb



Superbia (Pride)
1556-57
Engraving, 225 x 295 mm
British Museum, London

1078*770
Grayscale
212 Kb



Prudence
1559
Drawing on paper, 224 x 300 mm
Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels

873*662
True Color
147 Kb



Gula (Gluttony)
1556-57
Engraving, 225 x 295 mm
British Museum, London

981*700
Grayscale
110 Kb




Summary of works by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Paintings
Landscapes | Children's games | Proverbs
Village life | Demons and devils | Tower of Babel
Series of Months | Religious themes | St John the Baptist
Peasant life | Large figures | Miscellaneous
Graphics