Bruegel 450, the anniversary

BRUEGEL – THE HAND OF THE MASTER The 450th anniversary edition Manfred Sellink, Ron Spronk, Sabine Pénot and others Pieter Bruegel the Elder is internationally acclaimed as the greatest sixteenth-century painter in the Netherlands. The 450th anniversary of his death is being celebrated in 2019. The Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna therefore organised the largest ever exhibition devoted solely to this artist, and researchers have been able to study Bruegel’s work in detail. Their research resulted in the bestseller Bruegel – The Hand of the Master. In addition to that publication, an essay volume will be published this year. The content of this richly illustrated book is based on the papers held during last year's Bruegel Symposium at the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. This symposium was part of an important exhibition and research project on the creative processes of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, and was organized by Elke Oberthaler (Head of Paintings Conservation, Kunsthistorisches Museum), Sabine Pénot (Curator for Netherlandish and Dutch Painting, Kunsthistorisches Museum), Manfred Sellink (Director, Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp and Professor of Art History, Ghent University) and Ron Spronk (Professor of Art History, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario and Radboud University, Nijmegen), with Alice Hoppe-Harnoncourt (Kunsthistorisches Museum). This publication brings together detailed and in-depth studies about Pieter Bruegel the Elder and new insights into his paintings, drawings and prints.