Museum Mayer van den Bergh
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Museum Mayer van den Bergh is a museum in Antwerp, Belgium, the collection of which is based on the vast collection of the art dealer and collector Fritz Mayer van den Bergh. The majority of the art w
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Portrait of Fritz Mayer van den Bergh by Jozef Janssens, 1901
Mad Meg by Pieter Brueghel the Elder, one of the museum's masterpieces.
Page from the Mayer van den Bergh Breviary depicting the martyrdom of various saints
Dull Gret
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Dulle Griet, also known as Mad Meg, is a figure of Flemish folklore who is best known as the subject of a 1563 oil-on-panel by Flemish renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder. The painting depicts
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…of Scotland, the Master of the First Prayer Book of Maximilian, Gerard Horenbout and Jan Provost. Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Dulle Griet (Mad Meg or Dull Gret), ca. 1562 Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Proverbs…
Mad Meg (detail)
Anthropomorphic mouth of Hell with monsters
Wierix, Johannes Portrait of Pieter Brueghel 1572 RP P 1907 593 cropped