The Fall of the Rebel Angels
Pieter Brueghel the Elder · 1562
Why it's great
Angels in armor fight and tumble out of heaven, and as they fall they change into monsters and fish. Pieter Bruegel the Elder painted it in 1562, and the strange creatures are inspired by Hieronymus Bosch.
Where to see it
📍 Royal Museums of Fine Arts of BelgiumBrussels-Capital Region, Belgium
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Pieter Bruegel the Elder was a Flemish painter born near Breda in about 1525. He lived in Antwerp and Brussels and became famous for crowded paintings of village life, proverbs and landscapes. He died in Brussels in 1569.
