Description
Pieter Bruegel 'A Satire of the Folly of Tulip Mania' gallery-wrapped canvas is a brilliant masterpiece portraying monkeys in contemporary 17th century Dutch dress shown dealing in tulips, signifying a satirical view on the economic bubble of the time. Bruegal uses his gift to illustrate a work as an object lesson. Pieter the Elder Bruegel was a Netherlandish Renaissance painter and print-maker known for his landscapes and peasant scenes. He is nicknamed 'Peasant Bruegel' to distinguish him from other members of the Brueghel dynasty, but is also the one generally meant when the context does not make clear which "Bruegel" is being referred to. From 1559 he dropped the 'h' from his name and started signing his paintings as Bruegel. There are records that he was born in Breda, Netherlands. He was an apprentice of Pieter Coecke van Aelst, whose daughter Mayken he later married. He spent some time in France and Italy, and then went to Antwerp, where in 1551 he was accepted as a master in the painter's guild. He traveled to Italy soon after, and then returned to Antwerp before settling in Brussels permanently 10 years later. ArtWall Size: 18" H x 24" W
