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Portrait of Pieter Brueghel the Younger
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564/65-1637/38), painter, son of Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Portrait with a long beard in an oval frame, resting on a tomb, surrounded by allegorical figures: Minerva, Fame, and Mercury. Below the portrait, a putto with a cloth over his head in a bent posture, holding a torch upside down, next to a skull. At the feet of Fame lie the attributes of painting (palette) and brushes. At Minerva, a compass and a set square.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit linePortret van Pieter Brueghel de Jonge. 1606. Aegidius Sadeler (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
