A guide to the artists of the Brueghel dynasty
Beginning with Pieter Bruegel the Elder — the first artist known to have captured snowfall in oil paint — we explore two centuries of perhaps art history’s most tangled family tree. Illustrated with works offered at Christie’s
Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564/5-1637/8), The Netherlandish Proverbs (detail). Oil on canvas. 47¾ x 65⅝ in (121.3 x 166.7 cm). Sold for £6,308,750 on 6 December 2018 at Christie’s in London
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