A Summit of Masterpieces
About half of all the extant works by Pieter Bruegel the Elder are on show in the Bruegel exhibition in Vienna.
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For the first time ever, a single exhibition unites Bruegel’s works in different media. Paintings, drawings and prints from different parts of the world meet at the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. This was made possible by international collaboration between scholars, experts and lenders.
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Haymaking
1565 // Oak panel, 114 × 158 cm // Prague, The Lobkowicz Collections, Lobkowicz Palace, Prague Castle
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The Beekeepers
c. 1568 // Signed and dated lower right: BRVEGEL MDLXV[…] (cropped through the date); Inscription lower left: dije den nest Weet dije[n?] Weeten / dijen Roft dij heeten [Those who know where to find the nest, know it / but whoever robs it, owns it] // Pen and brown ink, 203 × 309 mm // Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett, inv. no. KdZ 713
Paintings, drawings and prints from all over the world are meeting at the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna
Paintings
THE DRUNK CAST INTO THE PIGSTY 1557
Private Collection
THE BATTLE BETWEEN CARNIVAL AND LENT 1559
Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum
CHILDREN’S GAMES 1560
Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum
TWO MONKEYS 1562
Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
THE SUICIDE OF SAUL 1562
Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum
THE TRIUMPH OF DEATH after 1562
Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado
DULLE GRIET 1563
Antwerp, Museum Mayer van den Bergh
THE TOWER OF BABEL 1563
Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum
THE ADORATION OF THE MAGI IN THE SNOW 1563
Sammlung Oskar Reinhart 'Am Römerholz', Winterthur
VIEW OF THE BAY OF NAPLES c. 1563
Rom, Galleria Doria Pamphilj
THE DEATH OF THE VIRGIN 1563/65
Banbury, Upton House, The Bearsted Collection
THE TOWER OF BABEL after 1563
Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
THE ADORATION OF THE MAGI 1564
London, The National Gallery
CHRIST CARRYING THE CROSS 1564
Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum
WINTER LANDSCAPE WITH A BIRD TRAP 1565
Brussels, Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique / Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten van België
THE GLOOMY DAY (EARLY SPRING) 1565
Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum
HAYMAKING 1565
Prague, The Lobkowicz Collections
THE RETURN OF THE HERD (AUTUMN) 1565
Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum
THE HUNTERS IN THE SNOW (WINTER) 1565
Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum
THE CONVERSION OF SAUL 1567
Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum
PEASANT WEDDING c. 1567
Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum
THE MAGPIE ON THE GALLOWS 1568
Darmstadt, Hessisches Landesmuseum
THREE SOLDIERS 1568
New York, The Frick Collection
BEGGARS 1568
Paris, Musée du Louvre
THE BIRDNESTER 1568
Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum
HEAD OF A PEASANT WOMAN c. 1568
Munich, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Alte Pinakothek
PEASANT DANCE c. 1568
Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum
Drawings
PATH THROUGH A VILLAGE 1552
Leiden, Universiteit Leiden
LANDSCAPE WITH A FORTIFIED CITY 1553
London, The British Museum
MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE 1553
Paris, Musée du Louvre
LANDSCAPE WITH SAINT JEROME 1553
Washington, National Gallery of Art
LANDSCAPE AFTER CAMPAGNOLA 1554
Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
LANDSCAPE WITH CATTLE AND A VILLAGE c. 1554
Antwerp, The Phoebus Foundation
LANDSCAPE WITH BEARS c. um 1554
London, The British Museum
BROOK WITH A FISHERMAN AND A WATERMILL c. 1554
Brussels, Bibliothèque royale de Belgique / Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten van België
PEASANTS AND CATTLE NEAR A FARMHOUSE c. 1554
Washington, National Gallery of Art
WOODED LANDSCAPE WITH RIVER VALLEY AND TRAVELLERS c. 1554
Private Collection
VIEW OF THE RIPA GRANDE IN ROME c. 1555/56
Chatsworth, The Trustees of the Chatsworth Settlement
THE TEMPTATION OF SAINT ANTHONY c. 1556
Oxford, The Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
PRIDE (SUPERBIA) 1557
Paris, Fondation Custodia, Collection Frits Lugt
EVERYMAN (ELCK) c. 1558
London, The British Museum
FAITH (FIDES) 1559
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum
PRUDENCE (PRUDENTIA) 1559
Brussels, Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique / Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten van België
JUSTICE (JUSTITIA) 1559
Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique
KERMIS AT HOBOKEN 1559
London, The Courtauld Gallery
CHARITY (CARITAS) 1559
Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
THE HARE HUNT 1560
Paris, Fondation Custodia, Collection Frits Lugt
TEMPERANCE (TEMPERANTIA) 1560
Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
RIVER VALLEY VIEWED FROM A HILL c. 1560/62
Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
THE FALL OF THE MAGICIAN HERMOGENES 1564
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum
THE GOOSEHERD 1565
Dresden, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
THE BAGPIPE PLAYER c. 1565
Washington, National Gallery of Art
THE PAINTER AND THE CONNOISSEUR c. 1566
Vienna, Albertina
THE BEEKEEPERS 1568
Berlin, Staatliche Museen, Kupferstichkabinett
Prints
LARGE ALPINE LANDSCAPE 1555/56
Vienna, Albertina
VIEW OF THE TIBER, NEAR TIVOLI (PROSPECTUS TYBURTINUS) 1555/56
Vienna, Albertina
THE PENITENT MAGDALENE (MAGDALENA POENITENS) 1555/56
Vienna, Albertina
THE BELGIAN WAGON (PLAUSTRUM BELGICUM) 1555/56
Vienna, Albertina
RUSTIC SOLICITUDE (SOLICITUDO RUSTICA) 1555/56
Vienna, Albertina
WOODED REGION (PAGUS NEMOROSUS) 1555/56
Vienna, Albertina
SOLDIERS AT REST (MILITES REQUIESCENTES) 1555/56
Vienna, Albertina
THE TEMPTATION OF SAINT ANTHONY 1556
Vienna, Albertina
BIG FISH EAT LITTLE FISH 1557
Vienna, Albertina
PRIDE (SUPERBIA) 1558
Vienna, Albertina
ANGER (IRA) 1558
Vienna, Albertina
ENVY (INVIDIA) 1558
Vienna, Albertina
GREED (AVARITIA) 1558
Vienna, Albertina
SLOTH (DESIDIA) 1558
Vienna, Albertina
GLUTTONY (GULA) 1558
Vienna, Albertina
LUST (LUXURIA) 1558
Vienna, Albertina
THE LAST JUDGEMENT 1558
Vienna, Albertina
THE ALCHEMIST 1558
Vienna, Albertina
SKATERS BEFORE THE GATE OF ST GEORGE 1558
Vienna, Albertina
CHARITY (CARITAS) 1559
Vienna, Albertina
FAITH (FIDES) 1559 or shortly after
Vienna, Albertina
HOPE (SPES) 1559 or shortly after
Vienna, Albertina
JUSTICE (JUSTITIA) 1559 or shortly after
Vienna, Albertina
PRUDENCE (PRUDENTIA) 1559 or shortly after
Vienna, Albertina
FORTITUDE (FORTITUDO) 1560 or shortly after
Vienna, Albertina
TEMPERANCE (TEMPERANTIA) 1560 or shortly after
Vienna, Albertina
THE HARE HUNT 1560
Paris, Fondation Custodia, Frits Lugt Collection
NAVAL BATTLE IN THE STRAIT OF MESSINA 1561
Vienna, Albertina
ARMED THREE-MASTER WITH DAEDALUS AND ICARUS c. 1561/65
Vienna, Albertina
ARMED FOUR-MASTER PUTTING OUT TO SEA c. 1561/65
Vienna, Albertina
THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST c. 1562/63
Vienna, Albertina
THE DIRTY BRIDE OR THE WEDDING OF MOPSUS AND NISA 1570
Vienna, Albertina
THE DEATH OF THE VIRGIN 1574
Vienna, Albertina
We would like to thank the many institutions and lenders who have generously loaned us these fragile artworks. Bruegel’s works are among their most precious holdings.