Pieter Bruegel

by Adam G. Klein

Book Overview

Renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel became known for his paintings, watercolors, and the engravings made from his drawings of allegories, biblical stories, landscapes, and peasant scenes. This biography follows Bruegel through Netherlands, Belgium, France, Switzerland, and Italy, discussing his childhood, apprenticeship to Pieter Coecke van Aelst, entry into Antwerp's painter's guild, work for artists Giulio Clovio and Hieronymus Cock, various patrons...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596797274
• ISBN13: 9781596797277
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Checkerboard Library
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.9" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6