Artist

Pieter the Elder Bruegel

Pieter the Elder Bruegel is an artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Pieter Bruegel the Elder turned village life into art. In the mid-1500s he drew “A Village Kermis with a Wedding Feast,” a busy scene of dancing, eating, and flirting that feels like a Renaissance snapshot. He sketched what he saw—no grand palaces, just ordinary people in their own world. Want a closer look at the crowd? Tap into the drawing and step inside the feast.

Works by Pieter the Elder Bruegel

Collections represented

Victoria and Albert Museum

Museum

Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum in the United Kingdom is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.

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