Brueghel Peter the Elder (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 191 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 34 cm ; ISBN 9781555214456, 1555214452 ; OCLC 20749890 ; dark green cloth in color pictorial dustjacket ; "The greatest botanical illustrations throughout the history of the genre are presented in this fascinating and beautifully designed survey. Beginning with the ancient Egyptians, plants, flowers and herbs have been the subject of the artist's attention. Author Lys de Bray explains why skilled botanical art is better - and of more use to posterity - than the best photographs."--Amazon.com ; Contents: Incunabula and iconography -- The Dutch and Flemish Schools -- Linnaeus and other eighteenth-century artists -- Pre-Renaissance to Post-revolution -- Georg Dionysius Ehret -- Redoute Josephine and Malmaison -- Kew, heart of the botanical world -- Modern botanical painting ; "A Quarto Book" ; Folio ; FINE/FINE. Book.…

Paperback. Condition: New. Truly collaborative paintings, that is, not simply mechanical but also conceptual co-productions, are rare in the history of art. This gorgeously illustrated catalogue explores just such an extraordinary partnership between Antwerp's most eminent painters of the early seventeenth century, Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) and Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625). Rubens and Brueghel executed approximately twenty-five works together between around 1597 and Brueghel's death in 1625. Highly prized and sought after by collectors throughout Europe, the collaborative works of Rubens and Brueghel were distinguished by an extremely high level of quality, further enhanced by the status of the artists themselves. Published to coincide with an exhibition at the Getty Museum to be held July 5 to September 24, 2006, the catalogue features twenty-six color plates of such Rubens/Brueghel paintings as The Return from War, The Feast of Achelo?s, and Madonna and Child in a Garland of Flowers, along with Rubens and Brueghel's collaborations with important contemporaries such as Frans Snyders and Hendrick van Balen. This is the first such publication to fully address and reproduce these works in depth.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New.