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Jan Breugel the Elder
Arianne Faber Kolb
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Description for Jan Breugel the Elder
Paperback. Num Pages: 100 pages, 33 b&w and 44 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3JB; 3JD; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 280 x 8. Weight in Grams: 382.
Born in Brussels and trained by his grandmother, Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625) was called "Velvet Brueghel" for his skill at painting rich and delicate textures. The biblical story of Noah's ark provided a subject well suited to Brueghel's abilities. In his painting, a few curious villages stand beside a stream foreshadowing the coming deluge and watch as Noah herds ostriches, goats, camels, and other exotic animals toward the ark. Next to a prancing white stallion, a lion and lioness chase each other's tails, while a pair of leopards frolic under the watchful eye of a bull. Brueghel has created ... Read more
Born in Brussels and trained by his grandmother, Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625) was called "Velvet Brueghel" for his skill at painting rich and delicate textures. The biblical story of Noah's ark provided a subject well suited to Brueghel's abilities. In his painting, a few curious villages stand beside a stream foreshadowing the coming deluge and watch as Noah herds ostriches, goats, camels, and other exotic animals toward the ark. Next to a prancing white stallion, a lion and lioness chase each other's tails, while a pair of leopards frolic under the watchful eye of a bull. Brueghel has created ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
100
Condition
New
Number of Pages
98
Place of Publication
Los Angeles, United States
ISBN
9780892367702
SKU
V9780892367702
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Ref
99-15
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