[Pieter Bruegel] was a formative influence on Dutch Golden Age painting and later painting in general in his innovative choices of subject matter, as one of the first generation of artists to grow up when religious subjects had ceased to be the natural subject matter of painting. He also painted no portraits, the other mainstay of Netherlandish art.

  • @TwoBeeSan
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    76 months ago

    Reminds me of the where’s Waldo scenes. Always loved those books and paintings like this that have so much going on.

      • @TwoBeeSan
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        36 months ago

        Awesome. Going to look up more of his work

  • Dizzy Devil Ducky
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    56 months ago

    Wow. Didn’t expect to see this picture again. Haven’t seen it since highschool history class.

    • @ZombiepirateOPM
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      106 months ago

      Early Netherlandish painting is the body of work by artists active in the Burgundian and Habsburg Netherlands during the 15th- and 16th-century Northern Renaissance period, once known as the Flemish Primitives. It flourished especially in the cities of Bruges, Ghent, Mechelen, Leuven, Tournai and Brussels, all in present-day Belgium. The period begins approximately with Robert Campin and Jan van Eyck in the 1420s and lasts at least until the death of Gerard David in 1523, although many scholars extend it to the start of the Dutch Revolt in 1566 or 1568–Max J. Friedländer’s acclaimed surveys run through Pieter Bruegel the Elder.