Monday, October 14, 2024

 Pieter Bruegel the Elder
(c. 1525 - 1569)
 
Pieter Bruegel (also Brueghel or Breughel) the Elder was among the most significant artists of Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting, a painter and printmaker, known for his landscapes and peasant scenes (so-called genre painting); he was a pioneer in presenting both types of subject as large paintings. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Bruegel_the_Elder

Two Monkeys
1562
oil on oak wood panel
23 cm × 20 cm
Gemäldegalerie, Berlin State Museums
 
The painting depicts two monkeys shackled to an iron ring beneath an archway. Behind them, in the background, lies the city of Antwerp. The monkeys are red-capped mangabeys and, due to Antwerp's status as a port city, were probably taken from their natural habitat by animal traders. 
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Monkeys_(Bruegel)



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