The Little Ice Age in the Style of Bruegel the Elder

Published on 25 March 2022, by Vanessa Schmitz-Grucker

Auction on 01 April 2022 - 14:00 (CEST) - 102, Hardturmstrasse - CH-8031 Zurich

Bruegel the Younger takes as his subject the activities popular during the "Little Ice Age": a period of extreme cold that affected Northern Europe between the 14th and 19th centuries. His oil painting sets the stage for the winter landscape as a genre in its own right.

Pieter Bruegel the Younger (1564-1638), Winter Landscape with Bird Trap, c. 1601,... The Little Ice Age in the Style of Bruegel the Elder

Pieter Bruegel the Younger (1564-1638), Winter Landscape with Bird Trap, c. 1601, oil on wood, 37.5 x 56.6 cm/14.7 x 22.3 in.
Estimate: CHF800,000/1.2 M

Bruegel the Younger (1564-1638) takes as his subject the activities popular during the "Little Ice Age": a period of extreme cold that affected Northern Europe between the 14th and 19th centuries. His oil painting sets the stage for the winter landscape as a genre in its own right. Without this composition, the artistic development…

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