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October 12, 2026 at 9:14 AM

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Pieter Bruegel the Elder
"The Fall of the Rebel" - DETAIL (1562)
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The Fall of the Rebel Angels is an oil-on-panel by Flemish renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder, painted in 1562. It is currently held and exhibited at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels.
Painted in 1562, Bruegel's depiction of this subject is taken from a passage from the Book of Revelation (12, 2-9) and reveals the artist's profound debt to Hieronymous Bosch, especially in the grotesque figures of the fallen angels, shown as half-human, half-animal monsters. Compare details in gallery Together with Dulle Griet and The Triumph of Death, which have similar dimensions, it was probably painted for the same collector and destined to become part of a series.
The composition with a central figure placed among many smaller figures was favoured by Bruegel at this time, not only in other paintings such as Dulle Griet, but also in the series of engravings of the Vices and the Virtues which he had just completed for the Antwerp publisher Hieronymous Cock. The archangel Michael and his angels are shown by Bruegel in the act of driving the rebel angels from Heaven. Pride was the sin which caused the fall of Lucifer and his companions, and the conflict of good and evil, vice and virtue, is a theme which recurs constantly in Bruegel's work.

October 14, 2026 at 1:18 PM

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October 5, 2026 at 11:09 AM

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Pieter Bruegel The Elder
“Triumph of Death” (1563)
oil on wood panel | 117×162 cm (46 x 63.8 in).
Museo del Prado, Madrid
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The image shows the Renaissance masterpiece The Triumph of Death painted around 1562 by the Netherlandish artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder.
Overview of the Painting
• Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
• Date: c. 1562
• Medium: Oil on wood panel
• Location: Museo del Prado, Madrid

Key Details
• Subject Matter: A vast, desolate landscape where an army of skeletons wreaks havoc on humanity, sparing no one regardless of social status.
• Themes: Mortality, the inescapable nature of death, and the social equalizing power of the end of life (reminiscent of medieval danse macabre traditions).
• Composition: Features chaotic scenes of destruction on the right, a trap for humanity represented by a giant coffin-like cart in the center, and a barren, burning sea horizon in the background.

October 3, 2026 at 2:18 PM

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September 28, 2026 at 9:27 AM

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Celebrating the ancient festival Mabon /Autumn Equinox with Bruegel's The Harvesters.

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September 21, 2026 at 10:20 AM

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Celebrating Buy A Book Day with Emma Darwin's The Breugel Boy

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September 7, 2026 at 10:25 AM

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August 24, 2026 at 10:32 AM

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August 17, 2026 at 10:37 AM

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August 10, 2026 at 10:23 AM

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August 3, 2026 at 9:32 AM

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July 27, 2026 at 9:52 AM

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July 20, 2026 at 9:57 AM

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Pieter Bruegel the Elder "The Tower of Babel (Rotterdam)". The huge structure rises into dark clouds, with red and ochre tones giving the scene a heavy and uneasy feeling.

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