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Definition of Breughel the Elder
1. Noun. Flemish painter of landscapes (1525-1569).
Generic synonyms: Old Master
Lexicographical Neighbors of Breughel The Elder
Literary usage of Breughel the Elder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Story of Art Throughout the Ages: An Illustrated Record by Salomon Reinach (1904)
"The Realists: Jerome Bosch, Breughel the Elder.— The Realistic Tendencies of
Flemish Art.—The Franco-Flemish School at Paris, Avignon, and the Court of King ..."
2. Outlines of the History of Art by Wilhelm Lübke (1904)
"Toward the end of the sixteenth century, Peter Breughel the elder, called Bauern
Breughel (Peasant Breughel), was the first to produce delineations of ..."
3. A Biographical History of the Fine Arts, Being Memoirs of the Lives and by Shearjashub Spooner (1873)
"He was the son of Peter Breughel, the elder. At the age of five years, he lost
his father, and was reared by his grandmother, the widow of Peter van Aelst. ..."
4. Berlin and Its Environs: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker, Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1908)
"Cornells de Vos, Married couple; beside the chimney-piece, 678. Jan Breughel the
Elder, Forge of Vulcan. — To the right, 782. ..."
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