Flemish art: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Flemish school

Photos and Videos

van Eyck, Jan and Hubert: Ghent Altarpiece

Peasant Dance by Pieter Bruegel the Elder shows villagers dancing, drinking, and socializing outdoors near rustic buildings, with musicians playing in the foreground.

Peter Paul Rubens: The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus

Hiëronymus Bosch: The Garden of Earthly Delights

Pieter Bruegel the Elder: Peasant Dance

What inspired Peter Paul Rubens's Descent from the Cross?

Earth, heaven, and hell: Hiëronymus Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights

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Topics

Art Cubism Latin American art Pop art Carolingian art Photo-realism Mannerism Byzantine art Hiberno-Saxon style Romanesque art Early Netherlandish art

Key People

Antonello da Messina: Virgin Annunciate

Antonello da Messina

Italian painter