Conference 'Bruegel and Italy / Bruegel e l’Italia'

To celebrate Pieter Bruegel the Elder, the master of the European Renaissance, the Academia Belgica, the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium and the University di Genova co-organize an international conference ‘Bruegel and Italy / Bruegel e l’Italia’ on 26, 27 and 28 September 2019.

Bruegel is best known for his peasant and winter scenes, archetypal images of the Low Countries, but his ...

Exhibition 'Prints in the Age of Bruegel'

The exhibition Prints in the Age of Bruegel, presented jointly by BOZAR and the Royal Library of Belgium, paints a picture of print production in the Southern Netherlands in the age of Bruegel. The famous painter’s own production is only the tip of the iceberg: in the shadow of this giant there are many gems of printmaking to be discovered. The medium was both varied and flexible, used for several ...

BOZAR kick-starts the Bruegel Year with one of his forerunners Bernard van Orley

This spring, as part of the Pieter Bruegel the Elder commemorative year, BOZAR celebrates artistic creation in the hustle and bustle of the sixteenth century. 

BOZAR kick-starts the Bruegel Year with one of his forerunners: Bernard van Orley (1488 – 1541), who was one of the key figures in the Brussels artistic scene during the Renaissance. While still a young man he headed up one of the most ...