BRUEGEL THE ELDER,PIETER. Jong,Jan de, Mark Meadow, Herman Roodenburg & Frits Scholten. (eds). — Pieter Bruegel.

Zwolle, Waanders Uitgevers, 1997. 271 pp. Num. b./w. ills. Orig. hardcover (black cloth with silver lettering),d./j. 8vo. (Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek, Deel 47. / Netherlands Yearbook for History of Art, Vol. 47). This yearbook is an influential, thematic book entirely devoted to the art, culture, and historical context of the Flemish Renaissance master Pieter Bruegel the Elder. The book is praised for no longer viewing Bruegel solely as a painter of "naive peasant life" (Peasant Bruegel), but instead focusing on his intellectual complexity, commercial insight, and engagement with the humanism of the time. - Contains contributions in English (6 x), Dutch (2 x), and German (1 x).