Pieter Aertsen
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Pieter Aertsen, called Lange Piet because of his height, was a Dutch painter in the style of Northern Mannerism. He is credited with the invention of the monumental genre scene, which combines still l
A Meat Stall with the Holy Family Giving Alms, 1551
The cook, 1559
Seller of game, 1561
Beeldenstorm
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Beeldenstorm in Dutch and Bildersturm in German are terms used for outbreaks of destruction of religious images that occurred in Europe in the 16th century, known in English as the Great Iconoclasm or
Print of the destruction in the Church of Our Lady in Antwerp, the "signature event" of the Beeldenstorm, 20 August 1566, by Frans Hogenberg
Protestant polemical print celebrating the destruction, 1566
A German woodcut of 1530 titled Klagrede der armen verfolgten Götzen und Tempelbilder (English: "Complaint of the poor persecuted idols and temple pictures") by Erhard Schön.
An outdoor sermon depicted by Pieter Bruegel the Elder as The Sermon of St John the Baptist, 1566.