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Pieter Bruegel the Elder Birth name Pieter Bruegel Born c. 1525, Breda, Habsburg Netherlands Died September 9, 1569 (age 44), Brussels, Habsburg Netherlands Field Painting, printmaking Movement Dutch and Flemish Renaissance Works The Peasant Wedding Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1525 – 9 September 1569) was a Netherlandish Renaissance painter and printmaker known for his landscapes and peasant scenes (Genre Painting). He is sometimes referred to as "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. Life There are records that he was born in Breda, Netherlands, but it is uncertain whether the Dutch town of Breda or the Belgian town of Bree, called Breda in Latin, is meant. He was an apprentice of Pieter Coecke van Aelst, ...

Venus Anadyomene Artist: Titian (1477?-1576) Date: 1525 Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: H 75.8 x W 57.6 cm Venus Anadyomene offered a natural subject for a fountain: the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC has a lifesize bronze plumbed so that water drips from Venus’ hair, modelled by a close follower of Giambologna, late sixteenth century. Artist Titian (1477?-1576) Alternative names: Tiziano Vecelli; Tiziano Vecellio Tiziano Vecelli or Vecellio, commonly known as Titian, was a 16th century Renaissance painter in Venice, Italy. References http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Anadyomene.jpg http://akorra.com/2010/03/06/top-20-beautiful-female-nude-artwork/ This image (or other media file) is in the public domain because its copyright has expired. This applies to the United States, Australia, the European Union and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 70 years. Titian Venuses | Female nude in paintings | Venus Anadyomenes | 1525 paintings | National Gall...