Stories of the Flemish & Dutch artists, from the time of the Van Eycks to the end of the seventeenth century (1908)
Reynolds, Victor, comp · London, Chatto & Windus; New York, Duffield & Co. · leaf 110
farless merit, was born in the village of Brueghelon the banks of the Dommel, south of Bois-le-duc. From his earliest infancy he had constantlybefore his eyes the subjects which he was after-wards to paint, for his parents were tillers ofthe soil and cow-herds. It was from PeeterKoeck of Alost that… … THE SHEPHERD(A/tcr the painting by Picter Brueghel, noiv in the Imperial Museum, Vienna) PEASANT BRUEGHEL 73 making her his wife. Koeck his master hadhimself passed through an adventurous youth.He had been a pupil of Bernard van Orley,and had in the usual way gone on a journey toItaly. On his…
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