Pieter Bruegel, the Elder: References & Edit History
More Articles On This Topic
Additional Reading
R.H. Marijnissen, Bruegel the Elder (1969), is a bibliography. F. Grossmann, Pieter Bruegel: Complete Edition of the Paintings, 3rd ed. rev. (1973), contains a detailed biography and includes a review of contemporary and later opinions and new interpretations. Charles de Tolnay, The Drawings of Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1952), offers a fundamental, critical study of the drawings, with a catalog. Ludwig Munz, The Drawings (1961), assesses Bruegel’s drawing technique, with a catalog differing in part from de Tolnay’s. H. Arthur Klein (ed.), Graphic Worlds of Peter Bruegel the Elder (1963), provides the only survey in English of the engravings after designs by Bruegel, useful though not based on original research. Walter S. Gibson, Bruegel (1977); and Piero Bianconi, Bruegel (1979), and Bruegel (1984), with text, catalog, and notes by R.H. Marijnissen and photographs by M. Seidel, summarize the artist’s career and review theories about his life and works.
Article Contributors
Primary Contributors
-
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors.
Other Encyclopedia Britannica Contributors
Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Invalidated site: The Heidelberg Document Repository - Pieter Bruegel the Elder and Religion (PDF). | Oct 24, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Smarthistory - Pieter Bruegel the Elder. | Nov 03, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Masterworks Fine Art - Pieter Brueghel the Elder. | Sep 13, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Heidelberg Document Repository - Pieter Bruegel the Elder and Religion (PDF). | Dec 27, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Flemish Art Collection - Pieter Bruegel the Elder. | Aug 09, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Pieter Bruegel the Elder and Flemish Bookillumination. | May 16, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Feb 19, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Gallery of Art - Biography of Pieter Bruegel the Elder. | Dec 19, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Art UK - Bruegel the elder, Pieter, c.1525�1569. | Oct 25, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Art in Context - Bruegel Paintings. | Aug 04, 2023 | ||
| Cross-references added. | Apr 27, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Art Encyclopedia - Biography of Peter Bruegel the Elder. | Jan 26, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Lambiek Comiclopedia - Pieter Bruegel the Elder. | Dec 15, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Art Story - Biography of Pieter Bruegel the Elder. | Sep 27, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Pieter Bruegel the Elder (ca. 1525�1569). | Aug 08, 2014 | ||
| Changed "The Netherlands" to "the Netherlands." | Jun 30, 2010 | ||
| Added new Web site: WebMuseum - Pieter Bruegel the Elder. | Aug 08, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | May 17, 2002 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 28, 1999 |