The Adoration of Magi
Artist: Pieter Bruegel, the Elder
1566
Painting
This work is linked to Matthew 2:11. Its original size was 48″ х 66.5″ inches, and currently it is in Brussels at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts.
Bruegel is considered the greatest Flemish painter of the 16th century. His landscapes, with vibrant and often witty scenes of peasant life, are particularly renowned. Since Bruegel signed and dated many of his works, his artistic evolution can be traced from his early landscapes, in which he shows affinity with the Flemish 16th-century landscape tradition, to his last works, which conform to a more Italian stylistic genre. He exerted a strong influence on painting in the Low Countries; the coastal region of Northwestern Europe. Through his sons Jan and Pieter, he became the ancestor of a dynasty of painters that survived into the 18th century.
The Adoration of the Golden Calf
Artist: Nicholas Poussin
1633-34
Painting
The painting depicts the adoration of the golden calf by the Israelites, from chapter 32 of the Book of Exodus. It is oil on canvas, measures 154 cm × 214 cm (61 in × 84 in) and is housed in mthe National Gallery in London.
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