Pieter Bruegel the Elder: Prints and Drawings

by Nadine M. Orenstein (Editor)

One of the greatest Netherlandish artists, Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525/30-1569) is best known today for his paintings of peasant life. Yet it was above all through his exceptional graphic work that he achieved widespread fame during the sixteenth century. His drawings and the prints made after his designs, while based on traditional sources, are innovative and independent, and they are wide ranging in their subject matter.

Genres: Art

320 pages, Hardcover

First published August 11, 2001

About the author

Nadine Orenstein is Drue Heinz Curator in Charge in the Department of Drawings and Prints at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.