The Triumph of Death is an oil panel painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder painted c. 1562. It has been in the Museo del Prado in Madrid since 1827.
The Triumph of Death
The Triumph of Death by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. 1562 (Museo del Prado)
1597 version of The Triumph of Death by Jan Brueghel the Younger (Eggenberg Palace, Graz)
1626 version of The Triumph of Death attributed to Pieter Bruegel the Younger (unknown private collection)
Pieter Bruegel the Elder was among the most significant artists of Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting, a painter and printmaker, known for his landscapes and peasant scenes ; he was a pioneer in presenting both types of subject as large paintings.
The Painter and The Connoisseur, c. 1565, possibly Bruegel's self-portrait
Engraving designed by Bruegel and published by Hieronymus Cock, The Seven Deadly Sins or the Seven Vices – Anger, 1558
The Blind Leading the Blind, 1568
The Big Fish Eat the Little Fish, Bruegel's drawing for a print, 1556