Past Exhibition

The Age of Bruegel

The image features a winter scene with numerous people skating and socializing on a frozen river. In the distance, there is a village with several small church towers. The drawing is meticulous, with fine linework capturing details like architecture, people, and bare trees. The color palette is warm sepia, creating a vintage effect. Closest to the viewer, figures are engaging in various winter activities. Further into the distance, tall trees line the river's edge, leading the eye to more buildings and natural elements in the background.
Hans Bol, Winter Landscape with Skaters, c. 1584/1586, pen and brown ink and wash on laid paper, Gift of Robert H. and Clarice Smith, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1991.15.1

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    East Building, Ground Floor, Northwest, Pod II (3,500 sq. ft.)
The image features a winter scene with numerous people skating and socializing on a frozen river. In the distance, there is a village with several small church towers. The drawing is meticulous, with fine linework capturing details like architecture, people, and bare trees. The color palette is warm sepia, creating a vintage effect. Closest to the viewer, figures are engaging in various winter activities. Further into the distance, tall trees line the river's edge, leading the eye to more buildings and natural elements in the background.
Hans Bol, Winter Landscape with Skaters, c. 1584/1586, pen and brown ink and wash on laid paper, Gift of Robert H. and Clarice Smith, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1991.15.1

Overview: 123 Dutch and Flemish drawings, including works by Hieronymus Bosch, Gerard David, Pieter Bruegel, and Hendrik Goltzius, were shown. This survey was drawn from American and European collections.

Organization: The exhibition was organized by John Hand and Martha Wolff of the National Gallery, William W. Robinson of the Morgan Library, and J. Richard Judson of the University of North Carolina.

Sponsor: The exhibition was supported by Shell Companies, Inc., Unilever United States, Inc., an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities, and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Attendance: 77,964

Catalog: The Age of Bruegel: Netherlandish Drawings in the Sixteenth Century, by John Oliver Hand, J. Richard Judson, William W. Robinson, and Martha Wolff. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1986.

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