Adoration of the shepherds
at Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen
Pieter Aertsen
Flemish1508–1575Baroque
About
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 life and genre painting and often also includes a biblical scene in the background. He was active in his native city Amsterdam but also worked for a long period in Antwerp, then the centre of artistic life in the Netherlands.
Notable works
Young woman, carrying a child on her shoulder
at Gemäldegalerie Berlin
Christ carrying the cross
at Gemäldegalerie Berlin
Peasants by the Hearth
at Museum Mayer van den Bergh
Butcher's Stall with the Flight into Egypt
at Bonnefanten Museum
Market scene
at Wallraf–Richartz Museum
The kitchen maid
at Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Christ in the house of Martha and Mary
at Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Christ Bearing the Cross (recto)
at Courtauld Gallery
Annunciation (verso)
at Courtauld Gallery
Works in the collection
21 works
Adoration of the shepherds
at Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen
Young woman, carrying a child on her shoulder
at Gemäldegalerie Berlin
Christ carrying the cross
at Gemäldegalerie Berlin
Peasants by the Hearth
at Museum Mayer van den Bergh
Butcher's Stall with the Flight into Egypt
at Bonnefanten Museum
Market scene
at Wallraf–Richartz Museum
The kitchen maid
at Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Christ in the house of Martha and Mary
at Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Christ Bearing the Cross (recto)
at Courtauld Gallery
Annunciation (verso)
at Courtauld Gallery
More by Pieter Aertsen in institutions
Gemäldegalerie Berlin
Bezirk Mitte, Germany
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Courtauld Gallery
City of Westminster, United Kingdom
Nationalmuseum
Stockholm, Sweden
North Carolina Museum of Art
Raleigh, United States
National Museum in Warsaw
Śródmieście, Poland
Städel Museum
Frankfurt, Germany
Museum Mayer van den Bergh
Antwerp, Belgium
Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla
Seville, Spain
Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK)
Ghent, Belgium
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen
Rouen, France
Hallwyl Museum
Stockholm, Sweden
Wallraf–Richartz Museum
Altstadt-Nord, Germany
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Zugló, Hungary
Bonnefanten Museum
Maastricht, Netherlands
